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��Darius Hyjiafpes.
TTAARIUS by election made a King,
■-^-^^ His title to make ftrong, omits no thing:
He two of Cyrus daughters then doth wed,
Two of his Neeces takes to Nuptial bed,
By which he cuts their hopes for future time, [99]
That by fuch fteps to Kingdomes often clime.
And now a King by mariage, choice and blood:
Three ftrings to's bow, the leaft of which is good;
Yet firmly more, the peoples hearts to bind.
Made wholfome, gentle laws which pleas'd each mind.
His courtelie and affability.
Much gain'd the hearts of his nobility. "
Yet notwithftanding all he did fo well,
The Babylonians 'gainfl; their prince rebell.
An hoft he rais'd the city to reduce;
But men '^ againft thofe walls were of no ufe.
Then brave Zopirus for his mafters good.
His manly face diffigures, fpares no blood:
With his own hands cutts off his ears and nofe,
And with a faithfull fraud to th' town he goes,
c His affability, and milde afpecSl,
Did win him loyalty, and all refpedl; d ftrength. ^ After this, the first edition has, —
For twice ten months before the town he lay, And fear'd, he now with fcorn muft march away.
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