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Cicero his death.

VVhome Cicero saued oft from death,
the same did Cicero kill:

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Pompilius prowde to please the rage,
of Mar. Antonius will.
Whose heade was sette in sight to see,
Antonius minde to please:
Whose tongue did Fuluia pricke with pinnes,
Hir stony heart to ease.
Who when hee was for Clodius sake,
exiled Rome to raunge:
Twentie thousande Romanes mournde,
in mourning weedes the chaunge.
Hee three times Consul was in Rome,
now in Caieta slaine:
Whose noble name and lasting fame,
shall styll on earth remaine.