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POEMS
They made the Nations round about 'em bow,With their Dictators taken from the Plough:Such Pow'r has Justice, Faith and Honesty;The World was conquer'd by Morality.Seeming Devotion does but guld[errata 1] a Knave,That's neither Faithful, Honest, Just, nor Brave:But where Religion does with Vertue joyn,It makes a Hero, like an Angel shine.
Of the late Invasion and Defeat of the Turks, &c.
The modern Nimrod, with a safe delightPersuing Beasts, that save themselves by flight,Grown proud, and weary of his wonted Game,Would Christians chase, and Sacrifice to fame.A Prince with Eunuchs and the softer SexShut up so long, would Warlike Nations vex;

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  1. ↑ Correction: guld should be amended to guild: detail
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