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AN HEROICAL EPISTLE
OF
HUDIBRAS TO HIS LADY.
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Am now reduc'd to Nebuchadnezzar;[1]
And from as fam'd a conqueror,
As ever took degree in war,
Or did his exercise in battle, 5
By you turn'd out to grass with cattle.
For since I am deny'd access
To all my earthly happiness,