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42 She shares their Labours, or by Lots she draws; And to the Crowd administers the Laws. When lo! as brave spies, , and great, with surprize, Approach the Throne, attended by a Throng Of Trojan Friends, that pour’d in Tides along; Whom the wild whistling Winds and Tempests bore, And widely scatter’d on another Shore. Lost in his Hopes and Fears, amaz’d he stands, And with longs to joyn their Hands: But doubtful of th’ Event, he first attends, Wrapt in the Cloud, the Fortune of his Friends; Anxious, and eager ’till he knew their State, And where their Vessels lay, and what their Fate. With Cries, the royal Favour to implore, They came, a Train selected, from the Shore: Then, Leave obtain’d, begun, And, with their common Suit, addrest the Throne.