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BOOK I.  T' his Noble Off-spring. O thrice happy Peer! That, blest with hoary Vigour, view'st Thy self Fresh blooming in Thy Generous Son; whose Lips, Flowing with nervous Eloquence exact, Charm the wise Senate, and Attention win In deepest Councils: Ariconium pleas'd, Him, as her chosen Worthy, first salutes. Him on th' Iberian, on the Gallic Shore, Him hardy Britons bless; His faithful Hand Conveys new Courage from afar, nor more The General's Conduct, than His Care avails.


 * Thee also, Glorious Branch of Cecil's Line,

This Country claims; with Pride and Joy to Thee Thy Alterennis calls: yet she endures Patient Thy Absence, since Thy prudent Choice Has fix'd Thee in the Muse's fairest Seat, Where Aldrich reigns, and from his endless Store Rh