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an Heroick Poem.
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Where Ulfin (who an old Domestick seems,
And rules as Master in the Owners Breast)
Leads Goltho to admire what he esteems;
And thus, what he had long observ'd, exprest.

7.
Here Art by such a diligence is serv'd,
As does th' unwearied Planets imitate;
Whose motion (life of Nature) has preserv'd
The world, which God vouchsaf'd but to create.

8.
Those heights, which else Dwarf-life could never reach,
Here by the wings of Diligence they climb;
Truth (skar'd with Terms frō Canting Schools) they teach;
And buy it with their best sav'd Treasure, Time.

9.
Here all Men seem Recov'rers of time past;
As busie as intentive Emmets are;
As alarm'd Armies that intrench in haste;
Or Cities, whom unlook'd-for Sieges skare.

10.
Much it delights the wise observers Eye,
That all these toils direct to sev'ral skils;
Some from the Mine to the hot Fornace hie,
And some from flowrie Fields to weeping Stils.

11.
The first to hopefull Chymicks matter bring,
Where Med'cine they extract for instant cure;
These bear the sweeter burthens of the Spring;
Whose virtues (longer known) though slow, are sure.

12.
See there wet Divers from Fossone sent!
Who of the Seas deep Dwellers knowledge give;
Which (more unquiet than their Element)
By hungrie war, upon each other live.

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