are.
Eous illinc belligera latet
Sub Classe pontus: Jam _Thetis_ aenea
Mugire flammarum procella, &
Attonitae trepidare cautes,
Et ipsa circum littora percuti
Majore fluctu. Sistite barbari,
Ferroq; neu simplex, & igni &
Naufragio geminate fatum.
There th'Easterne Sea lyes coverd o're
With vvarlike Fleets: _Thetis_ begins to rore
With stormes of flaming Brasse, and here
Th'astonish'd Rocks all trembling stand with feare.
The troubled Sea vvith vvinds beset
With stronger vvaves 'gainst the full shore doth beat.
Forbeare, cruell men to multiply
With fire, Sword-vvrack your single destiny.
Parumne Tellus in miseras patet
Immensa mortes? hinc miserabili
Quassata terrarum tumultu
Stare pavent titubantq; regna,
Unaq; tandem funditus obruunt
Cives ruina. Stat tacitus cinis,
Cui serus inscribat viator:
_Cum populo jacet hic & ipso
Cum Rege Regn[um]._ Quid memorem super-
Infusa totis aequora portubus
Urbes inundare, & repenti
Tecta Deum sonuisse fluctu.
Regumq; Turres, & pelago Casas
Jamjam latentes? jam video procul
Merceisq; differri, & natantem
Oceano fluitare gazam.
Is the large Earth too narrovv grovvne,
Such slaughters, such dire tragedies to ovvne?
Large Kingdomes there, brought under thrall
With Tumult, stagger, and for feare doe fall;
Where in one Ruine wee may see
The dying people all o'rewhelmed lye.
The silent dust remaines, to let
The weary Pilgrim this Inscription set
(In after times, at hee goes by)
_King, Kingdome, People here entombed lye_.
What should I name the raging Seas,
Whole Havens over-flowing, and with these
I'th' sudden floud whole Cities drown'd
The shaken Temples of the Gods that found?
Kings Pallaces what should I name
Now sunke i'th' deepe, small Cottages i'th' same?
Vast wealth I see swept downe with th' tyde
Rich treasure in the Ocean floting glyde.
Alterna rerum militat efficax
In damna mundus. Cladibus instruit
Bellisq; rixisq; & ruinis
Sanguineam libitina scenam,
Suprema doxec stelligerum dies
Claudat Theatrum. Quid morer hactenus
Viator aurarum & serenas
Sole domos aditurus usque
Humana mirer? tollite praepetem
Festina vatem, tollite nubila
Qua solis & Lunae Labores
Caerule
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