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The Tragedie of Ca:far andPompey,

Scttrtd alarum thcnflmts offitc.

Enter DifcorA.

Hfiarkehow tlić Romaine drums found bloud & death» And iMert high mountcd on his Thracian Stccdc: Runs maddin* throngh Phtrfaluts purplc ficldcs.

The carth tha?s wońt to be a Tomte for Men Its no w entorab ’d with Carkafes of Men*

The Heauen appa1’d to fee fuch hidcous fights, Forfcareputsout her euer burninglight*.

The Gods amaz'd( as once in Tifans war,)

Dodoubtand fcare,wliichboade$this dcadlyiar,

The fłarrs do tremble,and forfakc their courfe, The2?e4r*doth bidę her in fbrbiddcnSea,

Fearenukcs 'Bootes fwiften her flowe pace,

Pale is Orion, Atlas gins to quake,

And his vnwildy burthen to forfake.

Cafarj kecnc Falebion,x\\ro\i2^l tbc Aduerfć raiiitCJ*

For his fternc Mafłer hewcs a paflage out,

Throngh troupcs & troonkes,& flecie, & flandingblood: He whofe proud T rophies whilcom <tŚ4(ta field,

And concpiercdPow/tf^fingc his lafting praife. GrcatP<;w^Grcar,while Fortune did hira raife,

Nowe vailcs thę glory ofhis vantingpluines And to the ground cafts ofhis high hang’d lookes.

You gemie Heauen?, O executc your wrath On vilc morttliry.that hath fcornd your powers.

You night borne Siftcrs to whofe haires are ty d In Ad3)nantinc Chaines both Gods and Men Windę on your webbe of niifchiefeand of plagucs,

And if,0 llarres you hauc an influence:

1 bat nny confounde this high ercćlcd heapc

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