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Ad suum Natalem, Epig. 60.

Dear son of Mars, wherein I first did see
Great Phœbus rosie-glittering Dietie.

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If Countrey worship, and green Altars may
Displease, cause I at Rome observ'd thy day?
Pardon, if there thy Calends slighted bee,
And on my Birth-day if I would live free.