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''His Poem, which receiv'd its first occaion of birth from your elfe, and others of your noble familie, and much honour from your own Peron in the performance, now returns againe to make a finall dedication of it elfe to you. Although not openly acknowledg'd by the Author, yet it is a legitimate off-pring, o lovely, and o much deired, that the often copying of it hath tir'd my pen to give my everall'' Rh