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    But first the lawless Tyrant, who denies

    To know thir God, or message tard,

    Must be pelld by Signes and Judgemen<var>藏书网</var>ts dire; [ 175 ]

    To blood uhe Rivers must be turnd,

    Frogs, Lid Flies must all his Palace fill

    With loathd intrusion, and fill all the land;

    His Cattel must of Rot and Murren die,

    Botches and blaines must all his flesh imboss, [ 180 ]

    And all his people; Thunder mixt with Haile,

    Haile mixt with fire must rend th Egyptian Skie

    And wheel on th Earth, <var>?９9ｌｉｂ.</var>dev where it rouls;

    W<mark></mark>hat it devours not, Herb, or Fruit, raine,

    A darksom Cloud of Locusts swarming down [ 185 ]

    Must eat, and on the ground leave nothing green:

    Darkness must overshadow all his bounds,

    Palpable darkness, and blot out three dayes;

    Last with one midnight stroke all the first-born

    Of Egypt must lie dead. Thus with ten wounds [ 190 ]

    The River-dragon tamd at length submits

    To let his sojourners depart, and oft

    Humbles his stubbor, but still as Ice

    More hardnd after thaw, till in his rage

    Pursuing whom he late dismissd, the Sea [ 195 ]

    Swallows him with his Host, but them lets pass

    As on drie laween two christal walls,

    Awd by the rod of Moses so to stand

    Divided, till his rescud gain thir shoar:

    Such wondrous pod to his Saint will lend, [ 200 ]

    Though present in his Angel, who shall goe

    Before them in a Cloud, and Pillar of Fire,

    By day a Cloud, by night a Pillar of Fire,

    To guide them in thir journey, and remove

    Behihem, while th obdurat King pursues: [ 205 ]

    All night he will pursue, but his approach

    Darkness defends between till m Watch;

    Then through the Firey Pillar and the Cloud

    God looking forth will trouble all his Host

    And craze thir Chariot wheels: when by and [ 210 ]

    Moses once more his potent Rod extends

    Over the Sea; the Sea his <samp>藏书网</samp>Rod obeys;

    On thir imbattelld ranks the Waves return,

    And overwhelm thir Warr: the Race elect

    Safe towards aan from the shoar advance [ 215 ]

    Through the wilde Desert, not the readiest way,

    Least entring on the aanite allarmd

    Warr terrifie them i, and feare

    Return them back to Egypt, choosing rather

    I<samp>?</samp>nglorious life with servitude; for life [ 220 ]

    To noble and ignoble is more sweet

    Untraind in Armes, where rashness leads not on.

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