John Trapp on Isaiah 47:1

CHAP. XLVII.

Ver. 1. COme down] from thy lofty top, and towring ſtate, as the head.Sic tranſit gloria mundi. Cyrillus legit [non-Latin text not transcribed] City of the world.

Sit in the duſt] as a mourner, Job 2.8. & 42.6. So Judea being ſubdued by Veſpatian was pictured upon mony coined by him, as a hand-maid ſitting on the ground. Sic ruet alto à culmine Roma.

O Virgin daughter of Babylon] Thou that haſt never yet been ſubdued: So Venice hath for her Motto Intacta manto: So Cullen upon Rhine is called The Virgin-City.

Thou ſhalt no more be called tender and delicate] ſo as Queens uſe to be: Cleopatra for inſtance.