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of the Diſcovery of the Stone ſeems to be the Time aſſigned for the Events foretold by it.
Cum Lapidem hunc, magni
Qui nunc jacet Incola ſtagni,
Vel Pede Equus tanget,
Vel Arator vomere franget,
Sentiet ægra Metus,
Effundet Patria Fletus,
Littoraque ut Fluctu,
Reſonabunt Oppida Luctu.
Whene’er this Stone, now hid beneath the Lake,
The Horſe ſhall trample, or the Plough ſhall break,
Then, O my Country! ſhalt thou groan diſtreſt,
Grief in thine Eyes, and Terror in thy Breaſt.
Thy Streets with Violence of Woe ſhall ſound,
Loud as the Billows burſting on the Ground.
When this Stone, ſays he, which now lies hid beneath the Waters of a deep Lake, ſhall
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