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De Die Martis, & Die Veneris.
EPIG.
Saturn and Sol, and Luna chast,'Twixt Mars and Venus still are plac't,
Whilst Mercury and Jove divide,
The Lovers on the other side.
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Of this unriddled Order be?
The Gods themselves do justly fear,
That should they trust these two too near;
Mars would be drown'd in Venus, and so they
Should lose a Planet, and the Week a Day.
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