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De Porsena & Mucio Scævola. Epig. 22.
When the right hand mistaken in the guardSeeking t'assault the king; in fell reward
Threw it self in the holy flames to dye,
Such Cruell wonders the good enemie
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Snatchd from the flames injoyns him to be gon;
That hand which Mucius in contempt was bold
To burn, King Porsena could not behold:
The failing hand the greater glory found,
Had it not err'd, it had been lesse renown'd.
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