res ruunt
Murique turresq;: hic supinas
Paene cinis sepelivit arces.
Hic mite Coelum, sed rapidae ruunt
In Bella Gentes: hic placida sedent
In pace, sed late quietos
Dira lues populatur agros.

Here walled townes that threatned Heav'n,
Now old and ruin'd, with the earth lye even:
Here stately Pallaces, that thrust
Their heads i'th'ayre, lye buried all in dust.
Here the Ayre Temp'rate is and mild,
But the fierce people rush to warres, most wild:
Here in a joyfull peace they rest,
But Direfull Murraines their quiet fields lay wast.

Hic paene tellus tota micantibus
Ardet sub armis: stant acies adhuc
Pendente fatorum sub ictu,
Et dubio furor haesitavit
In bella passu: parte alia recens
Jam mista Mavors agmina mutuam
Collisit in mortem, & Cadentum
Caede virum, Cumulisque latos
Insternit agros: hic Mareotica
Secura merces aequora navigant,
Portusq; certatim frequentes
Centum operis populisque fervent.

Here the whole Land doth scorching lye
Under the glittering Armes o' th'Enemy:
Under the hovering stroke o' th' Fates
The Armies yet both stand; and fury waites
With doubfull steps, upon the warre;
Fresh courage here, the mingled troopes prepare.
Each against other fiercely run,
And mutually they worke destruction:
The slaughtered heapes in reeking gore
With bloudy covering spread the fields all o're:
Here on safe Seas, as joyfull prize
Is strip'd away th'AEgyptian Merchandize,
Whilst the full Havens thick beset,
Doe furiously with fierce contention fret.

Nec una Marti causa, nec unius
Sunt Arma moris. Bellat Adultera
Ridentis e vultu voluptas,
Inq; _Helena_ procus ardet orbis.
Hic verba bellis vindicat: hic canis,
Heu vile furtum! Se mala comparant;
Rarum sub exemplo superbit,
Nec sceleris scelus instar omne est.

_Mars_ hath his divers Causes, and
His severall fashion'd weapons to command.
From the Adultresse smiling lookes
Pleasure doth fight, and unto Warre provokes,
The doting world with _Helen_ burnes.
This sordid man, oh base advantage! turnes
Revenge of vvords to blowes;
Mischiefe begets it selfe, from mischiefe growes.
Small sins by example higher dare,
Nor doth all sin, alvvaies like sin appe