VIII.
Remember, Lord, this Mrs. Jewkes,
When with a mighty sound,
She cries, Down with her chastity,
Down to the very ground!
Sure, sir, said I, this might have been spared! But the ladies and Mr. Williams said, No, by no means! And I see the poor wicked woman has no favourers among them.
Now, said my master, read the Psalmist’s heavy curses: and Mr. Williams read:
IX.
Ev’n so shalt thou, O Babylon!
At length to dust be brought: