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Epig. 5. Aristotle.

Natures great Midwife, thou that knew'st far more
Then all the Ethnick Sages, did before

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'Tis more then a Chimera unto me,
Thou that could'st weigh the Earth, should'st by the Sea
Be swallow'd, thy Witts Ocean knew no shore,
Fathoming Rheas wealth and Thetis store.