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Your Battels they hereafter shall Endite,And draw the Image of our Mars in Fight;Tell of Towns Storm'd, of Armies over-run,And Mighty Kingdoms by your Conquest won:How while you thundred, Clouds of dust did choakContending Troops, and Seas lay hid in Smoke.Illustrious Acts high Raptures do Infuse;And ev'ry Conqueror creates a Muse.Here in low strains your milder Deeds we Sing:But then (my Lord) we'll Bays and Olive bring,To crown your Head; while you in Triumph rideO're Nations Conquer'd, and the Sea beside:While all the Neighbour Princes unto you,Like Josephs Sheaves, pay Reverence and bow.

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