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Great Empresse of the world; to whom, I owe
My selfe, my seruice, by perpetuall vowe;
Before the footstoole of whose dreadfull Throne,
The Princes of this lower world, lay downe
Their Crownes, their Scepters; whose victorious hand,
In twice twelue houres did conquer and command
This Globe of earth; your seruant (whose dependance
Quickens his power) comes, to giue attendance
Vpon thy early shaddowes, and to seize
Vpon these wearied mortals, when you please
T'appoint; till then, your seruant is at hand,
To put in execution your Command.
To whom the smiling Goddesse thus replide;
My selfe, my seruice, by perpetuall vowe;
Before the footstoole of whose dreadfull Throne,
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Their Crownes, their Scepters; whose victorious hand,
In twice twelue houres did conquer and command
This Globe of earth; your seruant (whose dependance
Quickens his power) comes, to giue attendance
Vpon thy early shaddowes, and to seize
Vpon these wearied mortals, when you please
T'appoint; till then, your seruant is at hand,
To put in execution your Command.
To whom the smiling Goddesse thus replide;
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