2. (Book 2)
Stigmata Christicolis, splendentia sidera; sanguis,
Comfortable cordials against discomfortable feares of imprisonment, and other sufferings in good causes containing some Latine verses, sentences, and texts of Scripture / written by Mr. William Prynne on his chamber walles in the Tower of London during his imprisonment there ; since translated by him into English verse.
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- Comfortable cordials against discomfortable feares of imprisonment, and other sufferings in good causes containing some Latine verses, sentences, and texts of Scripture / written by Mr. William Prynne on his chamber walles in the Tower of London during his imprisonment there ; since translated by him into English verse.
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- Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
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- [London :: s.n.],
- 1641.
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"Comfortable cordials against discomfortable feares of imprisonment, and other sufferings in good causes containing some Latine verses, sentences, and texts of Scripture / written by Mr. William Prynne on his chamber walles in the Tower of London during his imprisonment there ; since translated by him into English verse." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A70863.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 6, 2025.
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Purpura regalis; mutilataque Membra, Decorum;
Vincula, gemmatus Torques; Opprobria, plausus;
Vulnera, Martyrium; M••rs; Vita; Gravamina, Lu∣crum.
Optima cun••ba piis, Tristissima sola ministrant;
V••ica Crux sanctis, Via, Ianua, summa salutis.
Brands, unto Christians are bright Starres; Blood spent,
A Royall Purple; Maym'd Limbes, Ornament;
Bonds, Chaines of Pearle; Reproaches, Praise (no staine)
Wounds, Martyrdome; Death, Life; Oppressions, Gaine.
To godly men the saddest fates only
All best things bring, and their joyes multiply;
The Crosse alone to Saints is the high way,
Gate, summe of safety, Meanes of endlesse Joy: