Verses on the siege of Glocester, and Col. Massey. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A95866 of text R200521 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E316_4). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A95866 Wing V263 Thomason E316_4 ESTC R200521 99861243 99861243 113374 2240892711

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A95866) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 113374) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 52:E316[4]) Verses on the siege of Glocester, and Col. Massey. 1 sheet ([1] p.) George Thomason, [London : 1646] At foot of page: Printed according to order. Verse. First line of text: So stands a rock (rooted within the main). Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan: 25 1645 printed by me Geo: Thomason to Give away to my noble Countreyman major Gen: Masses' [sic] friends". Thomason copy bound with items from January 1646. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Massey, Edward, -- Sir, 1619?-1674? -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Gloucester (England) -- History -- Siege, 1644 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. A95866 R200521 (Thomason E316_4). civilwar no Verses on the siege of Glocester, and Col. Massey.: anon. 1646 1 461 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-07 Sampled and proofread 2007-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
VERSES On the Siege of Glocester , and Col. Massey . SO stands a Rock ( rooted within the main ) In spite of Tempests , whil'st the waves in vain In curled heaps , which on his bosome beat , Fall back in foame , and make a faint retreat : As Gloster stood against the numerous powers Of the Besiegers , who with Thunder-showers Charg'd her old ribs , but vanisht like a storm With their own losse , and did no more perform Then Squibs cast in the ayre , which throw about Some furious sparks , and so in smoke go out : 'T was not her Trenches which their force withstood , Nor River purpled with Malignant blood , Canon , nor Bulwarks rais'd with Martiall art , That did secure her , but great Masseys heart , That was the Fort , no Engyne could beat down , Nor Mine blow up , more strong then was the Town , Impregnable as a Rock , they sooner might Plunder the Fire of heat , the Sun of light , Then him of vertue ; neither could reward Nor battery of Court-Honours break his Guard , Nor promises nor threats an entrance got , But did return as fruitlesse as their shot ; And when the fuell for Defence was wasted , Even to the last extremes his valour lasted . For formidable Essex , from a far Upon the Mountains ( like a Blazing-star ) Appears to the Malignants , and portends Ruine and Death : but his distressed Friends With animating vigour he inspires , And warns at distance by auspitious fires , As when the Sun with his ascent doth cleer The Winter Tempests , and recrute the yeer : 'T is said , The Satyre fled from man agast , When he perceiv'd his breath with the same blast To cool and heat ; had here that Satyre been , He might from flames the like effects have seen . These courage got , and those their courage lost , And what to these gave heat , to those was frost ; ' Stead of Granadoes , Curses now they dart , With vollies of God-dammees , and so part . Gloster is freed , her Being and her Name , Made Monuments ( Brave Massey ) to thy Fame ; Her Temples and her Pyramids now turn Thy Trophies , which were like to be thy Urne , Whil'st we dispute , which to ascribe to thee , An active or a passive Victory ; And are in doubt in which thou wer't most brave , When thou didst thousands kill , or thousands save .

Printed according to Order .