The Roxburghe ballads . dy dear. Then Joseph and his Mary free,Who lookt each hour delivered to be, To Bethelem came, that sweet City, With his true Love and Lady dear. 56 But when to Bethelem they were come, The Inns were filled all, and some, When Joseph intreating every groom,Could get no bed for his dear, his dear. Then was he constrained, presently, Within the Stable all niht to lye, Wherein they did Oxen and Asses tye : With his true Love and Lady dear. 64 The Virgin fair thought it no scorn, To lye in such a place forlorn ; Which night she had a young Son born,Even Jesus Christ, our dea
The Roxburghe ballads . dy dear. Then Joseph and his Mary free,Who lookt each hour delivered to be, To Bethelem came, that sweet City, With his true Love and Lady dear. 56 But when to Bethelem they were come, The Inns were filled all, and some, When Joseph intreating every groom,Could get no bed for his dear, his dear. Then was he constrained, presently, Within the Stable all niht to lye, Wherein they did Oxen and Asses tye : With his true Love and Lady dear. 64 The Virgin fair thought it no scorn, To lye in such a place forlorn ; Which night she had a young Son born,Even Jesus Christ, our dear, our dear. Thou King of Peace in Bethelem born, That wore for our sake a crown of thorn, Preserve King Chakles evening and morn, Whom England Loves so dear, so dear. 72 [Date, 1624. For Colophon & Xote oil liue 71, Charles I., see p. 784.] •83 [Roxburghe Collection, II. 233 ; Eawlinson, 168 ; Pepys, 112.][Added, on each exemplar, to Joseph & Maky, p. 781.] €toen in tt)e CtomftUng of an <& A SI lay musing all alone,XJl I heard a voice that loud did cry, Come give account now, every one, Even in the twinkling of an eye ! With that, I heard a trump did blow,And one said with a voice so high, Destroy all things, both high and low,Even in the twinkling of an eye ! Go forth ! he said, and do not stint,Throughout the world, even by and by,And bring them all to my judgment,Even in the twinkling of an eye. Destroy both Pallace, Park, and Game,Castles and Towers that be so high ;To all things living do the same,Even in the twinkling of an eye. The Gyant proud, the Tyrant fell,Wo, and alas ! then shall they cry ;For I will throw them down to hell,Even in the twinkling of an eye. 16 784 Etm in the Twinkling of an Eye. With that I saw a Cloud was bout,And one silting on it so high,Prepared For to give judgment, Even in the twinkling of an ege. 24 Then all, that in the earth did rest,Stood up before him by and by,The Books opened, and nothing presl :liken in the twinkling of mi
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