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ANNUS MIRABILIS:
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Together to the watry Camp they haste,
Whom Matrons passing, to their children shew:
Infants first vows for them to Heav'n are cast,
(b) Future people, Examina infantium futurusque poplus. Plin. Jun. in Pan. ad Traj. And (b) future people bless them as they go.

52.
With them no riotous pomp, nor Asian train,
T'infect a Navy with their gaudy fears:
To make slow fights, and victories but vain;
But war, severely, like it self, appears.

53.
Diffusive of themselves, where e'er they pass,
They make that warmth in others they expect:
Their Valour works like Bodies on a glass,
And does its Image on their men project.

54.
Our Fleet divides, and straight the Dutch appear,
In number, and a fam'd Commander, bold:
Duke of Albemarl's Battel, first day. The Narrow Seas can scarce their Navy bear,
Or crowded Vessels can their Soldiers hold.

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