The zealous souldier. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A97299 of text R210447 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.10[50]). 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. 4 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 A97299 Wing Z12 Thomason 669.f.10[50] ESTC R210447 99869247 99869247 162590 2240949144

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A97299) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162590) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f10[50]) The zealous souldier. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. s.n., [London : 1646] In verse -- "For God, and for his cause, 'Ile count it gaine". With decorative border. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aprill 16th London 1646". Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Soldiers -- Great Britain -- 17th century -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. A97299 R210447 (Thomason 669.f.10[50]). civilwar no The zealous souldier. anon. 1646 1 580 2 0 0 0 0 0 34 C The rate of 34 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 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
THE ZEALOVS SOVLDIER .

depiction of a soldier with sword.

I FOr God , and for his cause , 'I le count it gaine To lose my life ; ô can one happier Die , Then for to Fall , in Battaile , to maintaine Gods worship , truth , extirpate Popery : I fight not , for to venge my selfe , nor yet , For coine , but Gods true , worship up to set . II Those Mercinary Souldiers that doe Fight Onely for pay , are most . Degenerate . Not worthy to enjoy the subjects Right Not worthy loue of God , of Church or State , Though I Denie not , but They usefull are , Yet should not , with the Good , in honnor share . III The Ancient Heathen , on their Foes would Runne , Their Naked Brests , would offer , to their swords Cause for Their Countrey , then should Christians shun , To Fight for Theirs , and what more joy afford For Their Religion , curst for aye be Hee , Beares Such a minde , and His Posterity , IV Whoo 'd bee Dejected , though a while hee beare Adversitie , who would some three years past Have though , that God , So high , our cause would rear And with such Nemerous victories have grac'd His Righteuos Cause-when wee then thought to be A Prey to the Mallicious Enemie . V Who in Their height of Glory , were brought low And made to Stoope to Those They did despise , And made that Power above them for to know Which erst They wretched wormes , in monstrous wise Blasphem'd , swearing God Damne them as They stood And sure on many was that wish made good VI But here me thinks , I heare some say we buy And purchase our Religion at deer rate ; Thou impious fool , had we lain still perdie , Thou hadst not been alive the truth to ra●e , For thou and we I think had sure been slain , Had we sate still , as now we wars maintain . VII Forbear to utter your Malignant spleene , And marke the end how God his cause will crown With glory , how oft have you lately seen Our Armies have the Foemen overthrown : Towns each day are surrendred , and we take Prisoners enough , an Armie strong to make . VIII God hath no doubt a purpose to bring on A work both for his glory and our good , You 'l say it hath been the confusion And cause of shedding many thousands bloud : 'T was for our sins that God this war did bring , But know we may have cause rejoyce and sing . IX Some few years since when we behold and see The fruits of our hard labours and behold , This Kingdom flourish in tranquility , And Gods true worship as it ought extold : Then shall we says ô praised be the Lord , That we attained peace have by the sword . X Sing to the Lord a Psalme of thanks and praise , And to his holy Temple let us bring An heart unspotted , let 's an eccoe raise With our loud voyces ▪ may to Nations ring , Far distant from us , chaunting loudly thus , Prais'd be the Lord that hath assisted us .