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It selfe to Phœbus: Phœbus, since thy minde
A farr-fam'd Phane, hath in it selfe design'd,
To beare an Oracle to men, in me;
That Hecatombs, may put in fire to thee;
$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$This let me tell thee, and impose for staie
Upon thy purpose: Th'Inarticulate neye
Of fire-hou'd horse, will euer disobaie
Thy numerous eare; and mules will for their drinke
Trouble my sacred springs; and I should thinke
That any of the humane Race, had rather
See here, the hurreys of rich Coches gather,
And heare the haughtie Neys of swift-hou'd horse,
Than (in his pleasures place) conuert recourse
$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$T'a Mightie Temple; and his wealth bestow
On Pieties; where his sports may freely flow,
Or see huge wealth, that he shall neuer owe.
And therefore, (wouldst thou heare, my free aduise;
Though Mightier farre thou art, and much more wise
O King, than I; thy powre being great'st of all)
In Crissa, vnderneath the bosomes fall
Of steepe Paranassus; let thy minde be giuen
To set thee vp a Phane; where neuer driuen
Shall glorious Coches be, nor horses Neys
Storme neare thy well-built Altars; but thy praise
Let the faire race of pious Humanes bring,
Into thy Phane, that Io-Pæans sing.
And those gifts onely let thy Deified minde
Be circularlie pleas'd with; being the kinde

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