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His whetted teeth he claps " in the firm wood,

Off flyes his head, down Ihowres his fi-oHck bloud,

Go Per/tans, carry home that angry piece.

As the befl Trophe which ye won in Greece,

Darius light, yet'^ heavy home returns,

And for revenge, his heart flill reftlefs burnes,

His Queen AtoJ/a Author of ^ this ftirr.

For Grecian maids ('tis faid) to wait on her.

She loft her aim, her Husband he loft more.

His men his coyne, his honour, and his If ore;

And the enfuing year ended his Life,

(Tis thought) through grief of this fuccefslefs llrife

Thirty fix years this noble Prince did reign,

Then to his fecond ' Son did all remain.

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��Xerxes,

Av^ERXES. Darius, and Atqffas Son,

-^ ^ Grand child to Cyrus, now fits on the Throne

(His eldefi: brother put befide the place,

Becaufe this was, firft born of Cyrus race.)*

His ^ Father not fo full of lenity,

As was his' Son of pride and cruelty;

" iticks. / he. ■? caufed all.


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