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His whetted teeth he claps " in the firm wood,
Off flyes his head, down Ihowres his fi-oHck bloud,
Go Per/tans, carry home that angry piece.
As the befl Trophe which ye won in Greece,
Darius light, yet'^ heavy home returns,
And for revenge, his heart flill reftlefs burnes,
His Queen AtoJ/a Author of ^ this ftirr.
For Grecian maids ('tis faid) to wait on her.
She loft her aim, her Husband he loft more.
His men his coyne, his honour, and his If ore;
And the enfuing year ended his Life,
(Tis thought) through grief of this fuccefslefs llrife
Thirty fix years this noble Prince did reign,
Then to his fecond ' Son did all remain.
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��Xerxes,
Av^ERXES. Darius, and Atqffas Son,
-^ ^ Grand child to Cyrus, now fits on the Throne
(His eldefi: brother put befide the place,
Becaufe this was, firft born of Cyrus race.)*
His ^ Father not fo full of lenity,
As was his' Son of pride and cruelty;
" iticks. / he. ■? caufed all.
- This and the preceding line are not in the first edition.
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