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 �In reference to her Children^ 23. yiine, 1656.* [245]

T Had eight birds hatcht in one neft,

-^ Four Cocks there were, and Hens the reft,

I nurrt them up with pain and care,

Nor coft, nor labour did I Ipare,

Till at the laft they felt their wing.

Mounted the Trees, and learn'd to fing;

Chief of the Brood then took his flight.

To Regions far, and left me quite: f

My mournful chirps I after fend,

Till he return, or I do end.

Leave not thy neft, thy Dam and Sire,

Fly back and fing amidft this Quire.

My fecond bird did take her flight,

And with her mate flew out of fight;

Southward they both their courfe did bend,

And Seafons twain they there did fpend.*

Till after blown by Southern gales,

They Norward fteer d with filled fayles.

the poem which took place more than a year later. It is probably a mis- print for 1658.
 * This date is clearly wrong, as events are referred to in the course of

t Samuel, who sailed for England Nov. 6, 1657 (see page 24), and re- turned home July 17, 1661 (see page 28).

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