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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<HEAD>&para; The Shape of, ii, Mo~&s;ters. M.D.Lxij</HEAD>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>pig monsters</FIGDESC>
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<P>THis pre&s;ent yere of oure Lord God a thou&s;ande fiue hundred thre &s;core and
two, one Marke Finkle a Ioiner dwelling be&s;ide Charing cro&s;&s;e by We&s;t|min&s;ter
had a Sow that brought forth one Pigge onely, vpon the &s;euenth of Maye beinge A&s;cention daye, the whiche Pigge had a head muche lyke vnto a Dolphines head with the left eare &s;tanding vp forked like as ye &s;ee in this picture aboue, and the right eare being like as it were halfe a litle leafe being deuided in the middes &s;harpe toward thend lying downward flat to the head without any holes into the headward. The two fore feet, like vnto handes, eche hande hauinge thre long fingers and a thumbe, bothe the thumbes growinge on the out &s;ides of the handes, the hinder legges growing very much backwarde otherwi&s;e then the common natural forme hath ben &s;een, beeing of no good &s;hape, but &s;maller fro~ the body to the middle Ioint then they be from the &s;ame Ioint toward the foot. And the taile grow|ing an Inche neare vnto the back then it doth of any that is of right &s;hape. The&s;e &s;traunge &s;ights, the Allmighty God &s;endeth vnto vs that we &s;hould not be for|getfull of his mighty power: nor vnthankful for his &s;o greate mercies. The which hee &s;heweth &s;pecially by geuing vnto vs his holy word wherby our liues ought to be guided and al&s;o his wonderful tokens wherby we are mo&s;t gentilly warned.</P>
<P>But if we will not be warned, neither by his word, nor yet by his wonderful workes:
then let vs be a&s;&s;ured that the&s;e &s;traunge mon&s;truous &s;ightes doe premon&s;trate vnto vs that his heauy indignacion wyl &s;hortly come vpon vs for our mon&s;truous lyuinge. Wherfore let vs earne&s;tly pray vnto God that he wyl geue vs grace earne&s;tly to repent our wickednes, faithfully to beleue his word: and &s;incerely to frame our liues after the doctrine of the &s;ame,</P>
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<HEAD>&para; An Admonition vnto the Reader.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>_LEt vs knowe by the&s;e vgly &s;ights,</L>
<L>and eke con&s;ider well:</L>
<L>That our God is the Lord of mights,</L>
<L>who rules both heauen and hell.</L>
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<LG>
<L>By who&s;e &s;trong hand the&s;e mon&s;ters here,</L>
<L>were formed as ye &s;ee:</L>
<L>That it mighte to the world appers,</L>
<L>almightie him to bee.</L>
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<LG>
<L>VVho might al&s;o vs men haue formde,</L>
<L>after a &s;traunge deui&s;e:</L>
<L>As by the Childe of late deformde,</L>
<L>appeareth in plaine wi&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>what might the&s;e mon&s;ters to vs teache?</L>
<L>which now are &s;ent &s;o rife:</L>
<L>But that we haue Goddes wurd well preacht,</L>
<L>and will not mend our life.</L>
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<LG>
<L>At which &s;traunge &s;ightes we meruel muche,</L>
<L>when that we doe them &s;ee:</L>
<L>Yet can there not be found one &s;uche,</L>
<L>That &s;o will warned bee.</L>
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<LG>
<L>And loke what great deformitie,</L>
<L>In bodies ye beholde:</L>
<L>Much more is in our mindes truly,</L>
<L>an hundreth thou&s;and folde.</L>
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<LG>
<L>So that we haue great cau&s;e in deede,</L>
<L>Our &s;innes for to confe&s;&s;e:</L>
<L>And eke to call to God with &s;peede,</L>
<L>The &s;ame for to redre&s;&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>VVhich if we wyl not fayle to doo,</L>
<L>and purely to repent:</L>
<L>He wyl no doubt, vs comfort &s;o,</L>
<L>as &s;hal our &s;oules contente.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now &s;ith our God &s;o louing is,</L>
<L>and ready to forgeue:</L>
<L>VVhy doe we not abhorre all vice,</L>
<L>and only to him cleaue.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Sith he al&s;o his hande can &s;hake,</L>
<L>And &s;one de&s;troy vs all,</L>
<L>Why doe we not then feare and quake,</L>
<L>And downe before him fall.</L>
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<LG>
<L>VVhy doe we not amend I &s;aye,</L>
<L>Either for loue or feare:</L>
<L>why driue we of from day to daye,</L>
<L>And &s;inning not forbeare.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Good lawes of lats renewde wee &s;ee,</L>
<L>Much &s;inne for to &s;uppre&s;&s;e:</L>
<L>God graunt that they fulfilde maye bee,</L>
<L>To ouerthrow exce&s;&s;e.</L>
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<LG>
<L>O Lord graunt vs al&s;o thy grace,</L>
<L>That by repentance pure:</L>
<L>In heauen to haue a dwelling place,</L>
<L>For euer to endure.</L>
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<CLOSER>Amen.</CLOSER>
<BYLINE>&abquod;. W. F.</BYLINE>
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<P>&para; Imprinted at London at the Long Shop in the Pultry by Iohn Alde</P>
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