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Heir Forreign Deeds are trac'd, and now we come,

To earch the Fund of Fame that's left at Home;

A Thouand Kings the mighty Land poes,

In Merit greater, tho' in Title les.

Kings in Command and in uperiour Race,

And Virtue Ripens uch for Crowns a pace.

Nobility of Blood, their Actions uit,

And Action here indents the Attribute;

Here Families in Lines of Virtue run,

The Father's Merit doubling in the Son.

The growing Honour forms a jut Encreae,

Firt Crowns in War, and then Rewards in Peace.

Illutrious Blood with more illutrious Hand,

In proper Channels has been here retain'd: