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REAT, good, and fair, permit an humble muſe,
 * To lay her duteous homage at your feet:

Such homage heav’n itſelf does not refuſe,
 * But praiſe, and pray’rs admits, as odours ſweet.

Bleſt be forever this auſpicious day,
 * Which gave to ſuch tranſcendent virtue birth:

May each revolving year new joys diſplay,
 * Joys great as can ſupported be on earth.

True heireſs of the Finch and Hatton line,
 * Formed by your matchleſs parents equal care

(The greateſt ſtateſman he, yet beſt divine,
 * She bright example of all goodneſs here).

And now incircled in the deareſt tye,
 * To godlike Seymour, of connubial love:

Seymour illuſtrious prince, whoſe family
 * Did heretofore the kingly race improve.

Adorns the nation ſtill, and guards the throne,
 * In noble Somerſet, whoſe generous breaſt,

Concenters all his anceſtors in one,
 * That were in church, and ſtate, and arms profeſt. VI. Yet