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 Of alienated Judah. Next came one Who mourn'd in earnest, when the captive Ark Maim'd his brute image, head and hands lopt off In his own temple, on the grundsell edge, Where he fell flat, and sham'd his worshippers: Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man And downward fish: yet had his temple high Rear'd in Azotus; dreaded through the coast Of Palestine, in Gath and Ascalon, And Accaron and Gaza's frontier bounds. Him follow'd Rimmon, whose delightfull seat Was fair Damascus, on the fertile banks Of Abbana and Pharphar, lucid streames. He also against the house of God was bold: A leper once he lost and gain'd a King, Ahaz his sottish conquerour, whom he drew Gods altar to disparage and displace For one of Syrian mode, where on to burn His odious offrings, and adore the Gods Whom he had vanquisht. After these appear'd A crew who under names of old renown, Osiris, Isis, Orus and their train With monstrous shapes and sorceries abus'd Fanatic Egipt and her preists, to seek Thir wandring Gods disguis'd in brutish forms