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Descended of a Sire, whose Loyal Pen
So well describes Rebellion's bloody Scene,
Nor Livy nor Thucydides can Vie
With his Superior Sense, and Majesty.
(A History might teach succeeding Kings,
Whence the long Train of all their Sorrow Springs,
What draws their Subjects Love, what moves their Hate,
Who would support their Crowns, who work their Fate.
But such instructive Knowlege never finds
Reception in Misguided Princes Minds.)
Ally'd in Blood and Friendship to the Throne,
He nobly makes his Country's Cause his own;
Whilst
