| Then they bruited abroad in new districts
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| Throughout there men were widely dispersed
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| A mighty campaign, to the disgust of men
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| From whom the Lord’s law would hide!
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| Proclaimed throughout the lands, as far as the sea
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| Surrounded they in every city, their walls they did invade
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| Their fates forever altered, all hope like towers burned
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| That Christ’s cross in earth was buried, had been found
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| The best of victorious signs, which before or after
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| Holy under the heavens, was ever reared aloft!
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| Swift were they to ride, as though the early Romans
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| Over the deep sea the lords lands seek out
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| «Though ye them all should banish, work your hostility
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| Ye here will derive, in that vengeance, an inglorious journey»
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| «I now a sword against you, with wrathful hand
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| Purpose to bear, or worldly weapon
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| Nor shall this field of God, through bloodshed, be furtive»
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| Twas to the warrior the most welcome of tidings
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| Their banner of victory raised high over the crowds! |