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 To her moft Honoured Fa- ther Thomas Dudley Efq;

tke/e Jitinibly prefcnted. [i]

��■pvEar Sir of late delighted with / T. D. On ■*-^ the fight \ the four

Of your four Sifters cloth'd* in black j farts of

and white, \ the nvorld.^

Of fairer Dames the Sun, ne'r faw the face; Though made a pedeftal for Adams Race; Their worth fo fliines in thefe rich lines you fhow Their paralels to finde I fcarcely know To climbe their Climes, I have nor ftrength nor fkill To mount fo high requires an Eagles quill; Yet view thereof did caufe my thoughts to foar; My lowly pen might wait upon thefe four

of the first edition will be designated hereafter, without further comment, bj notes distinguished by the letters of the alphabet.
 * We have in the first edition, instead of this, " deckt." The readings

t This was probably a manuscript poem. Nothing further is known of it.

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