9 His cursed hand gainst God, and on his altars danced.
gainst > against
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And them long time before, great Nimrod was,
2 That first the world with sword and fire warrayd;
And after him old Ninus farre did pas
4 In princely pompe, of all the world obayd;
There also was that mightie Monarch layd
6 Low vnder all, yet aboue all in pride,
That name of natiue syre did fowle vpbrayd,
8 And would as Ammons sonne be magnifide,
Till scornd of God and man a shamefull death he dide.
1 And them long time before, great Nimrod was,
Nimrod > (The first tyrant after Noah's Flood; associated with the founding of Babylon and Nineveh (Gen. 10.9-12))
2 That first the world with sword and fire warrayed;
warrayed > waged war on, laid to waste
3 And after him old Ninus far did pass
Ninus > (King Ninus of Assyria, fl. c. 1250 BC, the reputed founder of Nineveh) pass > surpass, go in excess of