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A Tar-paulin.
Tar-paulin is a Sea-Rat or a Sharke,A Barnicle bred of the Ægean foame,
A Passenger shut from Noah's antient Arke,
And since a Bandite-Galley-Slave become,
I'th'liquid Region destin'd to a Tombe.
This quality by nature 's to Him given,
To prey on men, but seldome pray to heav'n:
Unlesse there be a Storme; which past, his breath
Braves Fate, though distanc'd but three inch from death.
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