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Ieffereidos,
Or the Captivitie of
Jeffery.

Canto the first.

A Sayle! a sayle! cry'd they, who did consentOnce more to break the eighth CommandementFor a few Coles; of which by theft so wellTh'are stor'd; they have enow to furnish HellWith penall heat; though each sad Devill thereA frozen Muscovite, or Russian were:The chase grew swift; whilst an old weary Pinke,Not us'd to fly, and somewhat loth to sinke,Did yeeld unto the Foe; who boards her strait;And having rifled all her precious Freight;A trembling Britaine kneeles, and did beseechEach composition there, of Tarre and Pitch,

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