Vox pacifica or a congratulatory poem on the peace between England, France, Denmark, and Holland. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06474 of text R226741 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing V724). 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. 5 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 2018 B06474 Wing V724 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[69] 99886888 ocm99886888 181399 2240886692

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B06474) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 181399) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A1:1[70]) Vox pacifica or a congratulatory poem on the peace between England, France, Denmark, and Holland. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed by P[eter]. Lillicrap, London : 1667. Verse: "By the high senate of the powers above". Printer's name from Wing CD-ROM, 1996. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng eebo Vox pacifica or a congratulatory poem on the peace between England, France, Denmark, and Holland. anon 1667 1 828 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. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2009-12 Sampled and proofread 2009-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
VOX PACIFICA OR A congratulatory Poem on the peace ; Between England , France , Denmark , and Holland . BY the High Senate of the Powers above A Union is decreed , the God of Love Dissides dissention , makes Neighbours to agree ; The only Maxim in Christianity ! Mow England do I see thy starrs shine clear , For though thy Natives hearts no Foe did fear I' th height of War : but for their Countries good Wool'd Right its wrong , or spend their dearest blood , Rather than yeild , and as deaths welcome prize Render their lives a valerous sacrifice : Like those bold Turks who on their nimble feet Did run to face death with their winding sheet ; Yet notwithstanding , all that 's wise will deem Pax bello potior : is a Princely theam Bellona's frownes no more do war presage , We must enjoy such as love onely wage , And like a Nation truly , happy sit . Under secure shades , use the benefit Of peace and plenty , which the blessed hand Of a good King gave this distremper'd Land . A general joy this general peace atends , A happy vertue that makes Foes prove friends ! What to our Citties good can be more dear , The Seas are free , each Ship doth pass by clear , And safely to its haven does arrive With a full fraught to make their Merchants thrive , At which they smile , like dying Saints that know They are to leave the earth and t' heaven goe , Indeed who is not glad , whose interest . Is not hereby made greater , whose is best , Is indisputable , but all will confess Peace makes a universal happiness . What shall I say ? my weak Muse can't impart Peculiar joyes , which every loyal heart Ecchoed , when proclamation of a Peace , Gave us assurance that our warrs must cease : But if loud shouts and hollowing descry , A joyful heart , I am sure I do not lye If I say many thousands did express , By such glad signs their endless happiness : If ringing of the bells , if bone-fires shew , We have good cause now , to surcease our woe I dare avouch then ( since difference does decay , London in time will see a second May. Then let us sing such songs , as may dispence . Knowledge and pleasure to the Soul and sense , Torneys , Masques , Theaters , will now become Our Halcyon days : what though the Heathen drum : Bellow for freedome and revenge , the noise Concerns not us , nor shall divert our joyes , Mor shall the thunder of their Corabins Drown the sweet aires of our tun'd Violins ; For I believe if their prevailing powers Gain'd them a calm security like ours . They 'd hang their armes upon the Olive bough , And dance and revel then , as we may now . But let not our mirth extend to sin , Least peace abus'd create a war agi'n , Pardon my Muse if that he seems to be Tedious in one line of divinity , In representing to each Christians view , Intire Emblems , from which may ensue Intire Joy to those , whose life does move In Hope , Faith , Fear , Grief and Intire love : Let us not Heathen like appear so rude , To repay mercies with Ingratitude . Though we 've a peace , we must not now forget , We have been sinful , but from sin regret . Retire then presumptuous man and see These Emblems that may work thy Eternity ; Dispise the world , and what 's voluptous , A perfect Dives to a Lazarus ! Trust , trust in God alone and he will be , Thy cheifest comfort in thy misery , For when dispair had almost wrought our death This welcome peace gave as a second breath : Then England doubt not , thou hast a God above . That will replenish thy wants with his love . Contemn the help that this world does afford , And let thy Faith be stedfast in the Lord . Him seek , him serve , and daily from thy heart Thy sins confess and his due praise impart , With fear and Reverence , and he will be Thy God of comfort to Eternity : Bewaile thy sins and for the future be More mindful of thy immortality , And in the sphere of union only move For God loves him who knows that God is love ; This done will make each Christians joy encrease . Ascribe all praise unto the God of Peace Pax optime virtus .

With Allowance .

London Printed by P. Lillicrap 1667.