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3o6 Anne BradJireeVs Works.

Now in her Age fhe's forc'd to tail that Cup,

Which fhe had others often made to fup.

Now many Towns in Macedon fuppreft, [^73]

And Pellas fain to yield among the reft;

The Funerals Cajfander celebrates,

Of Aridcetis and his Queen with State:

Among their Anceftors by him they're laid,

And fhews of lamentation for them made.

Old Thebes he then rebuilt fo much of fame,

And Caffandria rais d after his name.

But leave him building, others in their Urne,

Let's for a while, now into AJia turn.

True Eumenes endeavours by all Skill,

To keep Antigomis from Shitflian ftill;

Having command o'th' Treafure he can hire.

Such as no threats, nor favour could acquire.

In divers Battels he had good fuccefs,

Antis'Oiius came off ftill honourlefs; '■

When Vi6lor oft he'd been, and fo might ftill,

Peucejles^ did betray him by a wile.

T' Antigomis^ who took^' his Life unjuft,

Becaufe he never would forgo e ' his truft;

Thus loft he all for his fidelity.

Striving t'uphold his Mafters Family.

But to a period as that did hafte,

So Eumenes (the prop) of death muft taft;

g Pencejias. h Antigonus, then takes. « let go.

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