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 The proces of the look'd well o'er, Yet scarce could tell a, from ; Each, each , and  careful scann'd, Then went to see the ; Examin'd nicely ev'ry curious part, And much admir'd th' improvements of the.

These seen, they next resolv'd with speed to go, To visit Portal:Matthew Boulton's, at the great , The wonders of that magic place explore, And with attention, view its beauties o'er.

They went—but here description fails, I ween, To tell you half the curious works there seen. Suffice it then, such scenes were there display'd, The, with rapture fraught, the whole survey'd; Their they wrote, and saw, with great surprise, that moment, strike their eyes; Whilst at the, th' invention of the , Seem'd as if Coin was form'd by magic skill.