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Rh be graved, and help to fill the tablebooks of Spons and Missons yet to come.

Propter fidem adversus Reginam, et Partes, Intemeratè servatam, Propter operam in pace generali conciliandâ Strenuè saltern navatam, Impotentiâ vesanæ factionis Solum vertere coactus, Hîc ad aquæ lene caput sacræ Injuste exulat, Dulce vivit, H. De B. An. &c.

Ob were better than propter, but ob operam would never please the ear. In a proper place, before the front of the house, which I have new built, I have a mind to inscribe this piece of patchwork.

Si resipiscat patria, in patriam rediturus; Si non resipiscat, ubivis melius quam inter Tales civis futurus, Hanc villam instauro et exorno: Hinc, velut ex portu, alienos casus Et fortunæ ludum insolentem Cernere suave est. Hic, mortem nec appetens nec timens Innocuis deliciis, Doctâ quiete, et Felicis animi immotâ tranquillitate, Fruiscor. Hic mihi vivam quod superest aut exilii, Aut ævi. If