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TO THE RIGHT

HONORABLE,

IOHN Lord Vicount BRACLY,

Son and heire apparent to the Earle,
of Bridgewater, &c.


My Lord,

THis Poem, which receiv'd its first occaſion of birth from your ſelfe, and others of your noble familie, and much honour from your own Perſon in the performance, now returns againe to make a finall dedication of it ſelfe to you. Although not openly acknowledg'd by the Author, yet it is a legitimate off-ſpring, ſo lovely, and ſo much deſired, that the often copying of it hath tir'd my pen to give my ſeverall

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