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VIII. Occasion'd by seeing some Sheets of Dr. B---tl*y's Edition of Milton's Paradise Lost.
Did Milton's Prose, O Charles, thy Death defend?A furious Foe unconscious proves a Friend.
On Milton's Verse does B---t---ly comment?—Know
A weak officious Friend becomes a Foe.
While he but sought his Author's Fame to further,
The murd'rous Critic has aveng'd thy Murder.
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