Sophronia. Verses written occasionally by reading a late scandalous libel designed, An aspersion upon the Lady G-. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06875 of text S118898 in the English Short Title CatalogTextual 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 2018 B06875 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[206] 99885033 ocm99885033 182875 2240896491

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B06875) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182875) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A4:2[207]) Sophronia. Verses written occasionally by reading a late scandalous libel designed, An aspersion upon the Lady G-. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed for John Seeres, London, : 1681. Verse: "As some vile atheist that could ne're agree ..." Cf. Wing S4696 which has title "Sophronia; verses". Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Libel and slander -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo Sophronia. Verses written occasionally by reading a late scandalous libel designed, An aspersion upon the Lady G-. anon 1681 1 686 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. 2008-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-12 Sampled and proofread 2009-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
SOPHRONIA . VERSES Written occasionally by Reading A Late Scandalous LIBEL DESIGNED , An Aspersion upon the Lady G — . AS some vile Atheist that could ne're agree With Conscience , God , or Christianity , By Hell inspir'd , prophanes the blessed State ; Owns no First Cause , the Holy Writ do's hate , Blasphemes the Heavens , and grows a Reprobate ; So Envy strove Sophronia's Fame to blast ; Sophronia , Angel fair , and wise and chast ; Blest Genius of a happy Husband's Life , The softest , mildest , and the truest Wife ; Whose Vertue like the God of the gay Morn , Serenely shone , and Love did more adorn . And though Malicious Clouds do strive to shade It 's Glorious Face , and Influence invade ; Through the black Mists her Lustre soon did pierce , And guild with dazling Beams the Universe . Ingrateful , Barb'rous and Detracting Age ! Thou Scene of Impudent , Ill-natur'd Rage ! Epitome of Hell , that art so lewd , Thou know'st not to distinguish ill from good ; But as a groveling Hog no Blossom heeds , Thou root'st up Fragrant Flowers with stinking Weeds : Be damn'd in thy own Faction , and thy Care , In thy Rebellion curst , but never dare With impious Breath presume to blast the Fair. Base , fordid Age ! that dost not Merit see ; But usest Beauty just like Loyalty , Swoln big with Malice like a poysonous Toad , And on each Flower vents his venom'd Load , Thou spread'st thy fatal Dew around the Field , And fragrant Flowers as well as Weeds are kill'd : So Innocence — Pursu'd by th' ignorant , mistaken Hate , Of th' Noisie Crowd , making Defence too late , And thought a Villain bears a Villain 's Fate ; Though in the proof it still as guiltless be , As Infant-Love , or Virgin-Modesty . And thou vile Scribler of this viler Time , That dar'st to act this poor unmanly Crime , And Libel her whose Worth was so sublime , Ill-Natur'd Fowler , that thy Snare didst lay , For th' harmless Dove , as well as chattering Jay , And knew'st not pretty Larks from Birds of prey ; Maist thou be plung'd in the Infernal pit , The proper Seat of Envy without Wit. Thou hadst thy Malice sure from the City's Scum , Their Secretary of Advice from Rome ; One that for common Knowledge is to seek ; A Plagiary of Sence as well as Greek : Who being by Nature scandalously dull , With others Wit still crams his empty Skull ; ( Which poyson'd ) he spreads round to every Factious Fool : Yet Mungrel-like , when e're the Jowler writes , He only howls and grins , but never bites . His Brandy-Satyrs are the mildest things That ever Raill'd at Monarchy or Kings ; And thou deserv'st the Rigour of the Laws , For being his Second in so bad a Cause . Hadst thou her Modest Look or Beauty seen , Heard her once speak , or viewd her Graceful Meen ; Hadst thou e're known her charming as the Spring , Dance like a Goddess , like an Angel sing , She from thy cursed Censure had been free ; For thine own Satyr would have poyson'd thee . Yet still thy Shame makes her more Glory have ; For Envy is the Touch-stone of the Brave ; And do's so little from their Fame purloin , That it shews more the Value of the Coin . Thus as by Envy Wit gains greater Sway , As Frosty Winters make the Spring more gay , As Souldiers by their Scars more Honour won , As Clouds set off the Brightness of the Sun , So do's Sophronia merit most Esteem ; The Foyl still adds a Lustre to the Gem. FINIS .

LONDON , Printed for John Seeres , 1681.