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 2 24 Anne Brad ft reefs Works,

His Camels, beafts for carriage numberlefs,

For Truths afham'd, how many to exprefs ;

The charge of all, he feverally commended

To Princes, of the Perjian bloud defcended:

But the command of thefe commanders all,

Unto Mardonius made their General ; ""

(He was the Son of the fore nam'd Godrius^

Who married the Sifter of Darius^

Such^ his land Forces were, then next a fleet, [104]

Of two and twenty thoufand Gallies meet

Man'd with P kenicians and Pamphylians

Cipriots^ Dorians and Cilicians,

LycianSj Carians and lonimis,^

Eoliajis and the Helefpontines.

Befides the veflTels for his tranfportation,

Which to three thoufand came'' (by beft relation)

Brave Artemijia,, Hallicarnajffus Queen *

In perfon prefent^ for his aid '^ was feen,

Whofe Gallyes all the reft in neatnefs pafs.

Save the Zidonians, where Xerxes was:

But hers fhe kept ftill feperate from the reft.

For to command alone, fhe judg'd "" was beft.

O noble Queen, thy valour I commend;

But pitty 'twas thine aid thou^ here didft lend.

At Sardis in Lydia., all thefe do meet,

Wb.ether^ rich Pythias comes Xerxes to greet,

^ To Mardo>it/i.<:, Captain Generall. y Thele.

« Three thoufand (or more). l> Artemcjto. Halicartia's Qiieene,

<: there, now. d help. '■ thou,i,dit. / that. g Whither.

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