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That understood the Diff'rence of her Soils,
And which produc'd the fairest Gennet-moyles;
125 But for an unpaid Weekly Shillings Pension,
Had sin'd for Wit, and Judgment and Invention;^[1]
Who, after poring tedious and hard
In th' Optic Engine, gave a Start, and star'd,
And thus began—A stranger Sight appears,
130 Than ever yet was seen in all the Spheres;
A greater Wonder, more unparallel'd
Than ever mortal Tube, or Eye beheld;
A mighty Elephant from one of those
Two fighting Armies is at length broke loose,
135 And with the desp'rate Horror of the Fight
Appears amaz'd, and in a dreadful Fright:
Look quickly, lest the only Sight of us
Should cause the startled Creature to imboss.
It is a large one, and appears more great
140 Than ever was produc'd in Africk yet;
From which we confidently may infer,
The Moon appears to be the fruitfuller.
And since, of old, the mighty Pyrrhus brought
Those living Castles first of all, 'tis thought,

1. 125, 126. But for an unpaid weekly Shillings Pension—Had sin'd for Wit, and Judgment, and Invention.] These two Verses are inserted instead of the following in the other Copy in short Measure:
   And in the Register of Fame,
   Had entered his long-living Name.
   
   
   The weekly Shillings Pension is, if I am rightly informed, the customary Contribution of each Member of the Royal Society toward

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