Th e Fo u r Mo n arch ies. 193
��Belofas or Belochus.
"D ELOSUS fetled In his new old Seat,
-°-^ Not fo content but aiming to be great,
Incroaching ftill upon the bordering lands,
Till Mcfopotainia he got in's hands.
And either by compound or elfe by ftrength, [79]
AJfyria he gain'd alfo at length;
Then did rebuild, deftroyed Nineveh^
A coftly work which none could do but he.
Who own'd the Treafures of proud Babylon^
And thofe that feem'd with SnrdanapaVs gone;
For though his Palace did in afhes lye.
The fire thofe Mettals could not damnific;
From^ thefe with diligence he rakes,
Arbaces fuffers all, and all he takes,
He thus inricht by this new tryed gold.
Raifes a Phaenix new, from grave o'th' old ;
And from this heap did after Ages fee
As fair a Town, as the firft Niniveh.
When this was built, and matters all in peace
Molefts poor J/rael, his wealth f increafe.
A thoufand Talents of Menaheni had,
(Who to be rid of fuch a gueft was glad;)
In facrid writ he's known by name of Pul,
Which makes the world of difference fo full.
^ From rubbilli.
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