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��Belofas or Belochus.

"D ELOSUS fetled In his new old Seat,

-°-^ Not fo content but aiming to be great,

Incroaching ftill upon the bordering lands,

Till Mcfopotainia he got in's hands.

And either by compound or elfe by ftrength, [79]

AJfyria he gain'd alfo at length;

Then did rebuild, deftroyed Nineveh^

A coftly work which none could do but he.

Who own'd the Treafures of proud Babylon^

And thofe that feem'd with SnrdanapaVs gone;

For though his Palace did in afhes lye.

The fire thofe Mettals could not damnific;

From^ thefe with diligence he rakes,

Arbaces fuffers all, and all he takes,

He thus inricht by this new tryed gold.

Raifes a Phaenix new, from grave o'th' old ;

And from this heap did after Ages fee

As fair a Town, as the firft Niniveh.

When this was built, and matters all in peace

Molefts poor J/rael, his wealth f increafe.

A thoufand Talents of Menaheni had,

(Who to be rid of fuch a gueft was glad;)

In facrid writ he's known by name of Pul,

Which makes the world of difference fo full.

^ From rubbilli.

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