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Madagascar.A Poem written toPrince Rupert.
My Soule, this Winter, hath beene twice aboutTo shift her narrow Mansion, and looke out;To aire her yet unpractis'd wings, and trieWhere Soules are entertain'd when Bodyes die:For this intended journey was to cleereSome subtle humane doubts, that vex her here,And for no other cause; how ere the CourtBeleeve (whose cruell wits turne all to sport)'Twas not to better my philosophieThat I would mount, and travell through the Skie,As if I went, on Natures embassie;Whose Legate there, Religion termes a Spie.

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