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Tis braver much t' out- ride the Storm, Endure its Rage, and fhun its Harm-, Affliction nobly undergone, More Greatnefs (hews, than having none. But yet the Wheel, in turning round, At laft may lift us from the Ground 5 And when our Fortune's moft fevere, The lefs we have, the lefs we fear. And why (hould we that Grief permit, Which can nor mend nor (horten it> Let's wait for a fucceeding Good, Woes have their Ebb as well as Flood :

And fince the Parliament have refcud you,

Believe that Providence will do fo too.

A Triton to Lucafia going to Sea, Jhortly after the QUEEN'S Arrival.

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MY Mafter Neptune took fuch Pains of late To quiet the Commotions of his State, That he might give, through his fierce Winds and Seas, S ifc Partage to the Royal Tortuguezey That e'er fince at home has kept, And in hisChryftal Palace flepr,

i ill a fwift Wind told him to day

A Stranger was to pafs this way,

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