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His Rule to Greece he scorn'd should be confin'd,
The Universe scarce bound his proud" vast mind.
This is the He-Goat which from Grecia came,
That ran in Choler[1] on the Persian Ram,
[126] That brake his horns, that threw him on the ground
To save him from his might no man was found:[2]
Philip on this great Conquest had an eye.
But death did terminate those thoughts so high.
The Greeks had chose him Captain General,
Which honour to his Son did now befall.
(For as Worlds Monarch now we speak not on.
But as the King of little Macedon)
Restless both day and night his heart then was,
His high resolves which way to bring to pass;
Yet for a while in Greece is forc'd to stay.
Which makes each moment seem more then a day.
Thebes and stiff[3] Athens both 'gainst him rebel.
Their mutinies by valour doth he quell.[3]
This done against both[4] right and natures Laws,
His kinsmen put to death, who gave no[5] cause;
That no rebellion[6] in in his absence be,
Nor making Title unto Sovereignty.
And all whom he suspects or fears will climbe,[7]
Now taste of death least they deserv'd[8] in time,
The Universe scarce bound his proud" vast mind.
This is the He-Goat which from Grecia came,
That ran in Choler[1] on the Persian Ram,
[126] That brake his horns, that threw him on the ground
To save him from his might no man was found:[2]
Philip on this great Conquest had an eye.
But death did terminate those thoughts so high.
The Greeks had chose him Captain General,
Which honour to his Son did now befall.
(For as Worlds Monarch now we speak not on.
But as the King of little Macedon)
Restless both day and night his heart then was,
His high resolves which way to bring to pass;
Yet for a while in Greece is forc'd to stay.
Which makes each moment seem more then a day.
Thebes and stiff[3] Athens both 'gainst him rebel.
Their mutinies by valour doth he quell.[3]
This done against both[4] right and natures Laws,
His kinsmen put to death, who gave no[5] cause;
That no rebellion[6] in in his absence be,
Nor making Title unto Sovereignty.
And all whom he suspects or fears will climbe,[7]
Now taste of death least they deserv'd[8] in time,
