Book I, 53: On the two great Flouds

Two Flouds I read of; Water, and of Wine;
The first was Noahs; Lot, the last was thine:
The first was the Effect The last, the Cause
Of that foule Sin, against the sacred Lawes
Of God and Nature, Incest: Noah found
An Arke to save him, but poore Lot was drownd;
Good Nah found an Arke; but Lt found none:
W'are safer in Gods hands then in our owne:
The former flood of waters did extend
But some few dayes; this latter ha's no end;
They both destroy'd, I know not which the worst:
The last is ev'n as Gen'rall, as the first:
The first being ceas'd; the world began to fill;
The last depopulates, and wasts it still:
Both Flouds ore welm'd both Man and beast together;
The last is worst, if there be best of either:
The first are ceas'd: Heav'n vow'd it by a Signe;
When shall we se a Rainebow after Wine?