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<HEAD>THE <HI>Dreadful Uoice</HI> OF FIRE, <HI>Begun at</HI> Edinburgh, <HI>the 3d of</HI> February 1700.</HEAD>
<Q><L>&mdash; <HI>Quis, talia fando,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Temper<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t a Lachrymis?</HI>&mdash;</L></Q>
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<L>THE Elements. <HI>Earth, Water, Air,</HI> and <HI>Fire,</HI></L>
<L>Make happy M<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;ometime they con&s;pire</L>
<L>A part, or in Society <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>The va<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ni&s;h't honour <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Man, frail and vain.</L>
<L><HI>Jamaica</HI> lately was a dreadful Scheme,</L>
<L>And &s;ad Example, of this threatning Theam;</L>
<L><HI>Earth</HI> opened it's mouth, 'gain&s;t people bad,</L>
<L>(Becau&s;e to Heav'n, no mouths the&s;e people had)</L>
<L>And, weary of it's Bu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters"> did enclo&s;e</L>
<L>Them in it's hollow womb; There to di&s;clo&s;e</L>
<L>The real darkne&s;s, which their Sins did love,</L>
<L>And En'mity again&s;t the Powers above;</L>
<L>For which ju&s;t Heav'n &s;ent them a packing thence.</L>
<L>Like <HI>Corah, Dathan,</HI> for their &s;ad Offence</L>
<L>The World was drowned la&s;t by <HI>Watt<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters"></HI> large</L>
<L>Deludge; Which did it's Vials &s;oon di&s;charge,</L>
<L>Upon the Earth, &s;corch'd by the heat of Lu&s;t,</L>
<L>Which them condemn'd, not to be burnt to du&s;t,</L>
<L>But from a Sea of Lu&s;t, &s;treight to be &s;ent</L>
<L>By Water, to the Pit of Puni&s;hment.</L>
<L>This night, the El'ments did, in &s;trife, contand</L>
<L>For Umpirage, and which &s;hould mo&s;t commend</L>
<L>Their active Vigour, to the double Sen&s;es,</L>
<L>Of Knowing Men; when <HI>Fire</HI> (alas) Commences</L>
<L>A Tragick Act; which, in &s;hort to rehear&s;e</L>
<L>Shall be the Scope, of this en&s;ueing Ver&s;e.</L>
<L>In <HI>Rob'&s;ons</HI> Land, 'bout Ten a Cloak at Night,</L>
<L>Happ'ned a Fire, &s;oon &s;hewing clear and bright;</L>
<L>And, in a Trice, from <HI>North-East,</HI> did o're&s;pread,</L>
<L>The Fabrick whole, well covered with Lead;</L>
<L>And as if pincht in narrow bounds it went,</L>
<L>S<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">reight for St <HI>Geils;</HI> but &s;oon it did Repent,</L>
<L>And &s;tayed at the <HI>Statue,</HI> thence did flee</L>
<L><HI>North</HI> watd to th' <HI>Croce,</HI> to &s;erve it's Luxury.</L>
<L>How did it Triumph 'ore the &s;turdy Oak?</L>
<L>And did ob&s;cure fair <HI>Cynthia,</HI> by it's &s;moak?</L>
<L>D<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;lodging &s;oon the Loving Man and Wife,</L>
<L>The Family and Children, without &s;tri&s;e;</L>
<L>From <HI>Babel's Tow'r</HI> them &s;ending to the deep</L>
<L>Of &s;aode&s;t Plight, yea &s;oma amid&s;t their &s;leep.</L>
<L><HI>Vulcan</HI> was now inexorable grow'n;</L>
<L>Not Piety nor Riches, would he oune;</L>
<L>Be&s;t Gifts of Heav'n and earth he did di&s;dain,</L>
<L>Threatning with blood, his Fury to maintain;</L>
<L>And, deaf as <HI>Adria,</HI> did neglect the Cryes,</L>
<L>Of rich and poor, all in deep Mi&s;eryes;</L>
<L>Yea did invade the day of <HI>Holy Re&s;t,</HI></L>
<L>And &s;o the Foun, with hideous flames, mole&s;t,</L>
<L>He raged &s;o, &s;o domineered he,</L>
<L>As, but him&s;elf, no other God could be,</L>
<L>At la&s;t, by Holy Pray'rs, he was apea&s;'d.</L>
<L>And then his force and cruel fury cea&s;'d.</L>
<L>Hence learn ye Mortals, what great madne&s;s be,</L>
<L>To build up hou&s;es, thrice five &s;tories high,</L>
<L>Or to put Tru&s;t, in any earthly Thing,</L>
<L>Save in Great GOD, of Heav'n and Earth the King;</L>
<L>But tru&s;t in him alone, who can defend</L>
<L>You, from &s;ad accidents, and dreadfull End;</L>
<L>And now repent, and to the Lord now turn,</L>
<L>Lo&s;t he &s;hould you, in Flames eternal, burn.</L>
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