conceal; and in truth all was fish that
came into their net, and all was food
that could be got by fraud or force.
Grass, Hay, Barks, Leaves of trees,
Cats and Dogs, Frogs, Worms, Rats,
Mice, Snails, Flies and Maggots, all
stinking and contagious roots, the cover∣ing
of their Coaches, Boots and Shoes,
and the dung of Fowls and Beasts, were
Feasts for these poor miserable starved
wretches; things loathsome to be na∣med
in time of plenty, is now dainties
among these starved distressed Jews.
This Famine run beyond all natures
bounds, (as before I have hinted) and
confounded all Motherly-affection, no
compassion was there had to bloud or
birth: It forced a woman to kill her on∣ly
Son, she ript and dis-joynted him, and
dis-joynted him limb from limb, she
drest, she roasted, she broiled and boil∣ed
him, she eat him, she interr'd him in
her womb; his life by nature proceed∣ed
from her, and she her self most unna∣turally
did feed upon him, he was her