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Parnassi Puerperium

or, Some Well-wishes to ingenuity, in the Translation of Six Hundred, of Owen's Epigrams; Martial de Spectaculis, or of Rarities to be seen in Rome; and the most Select, in Sir Tho. More...
  
  

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155. Alexander, and Aristotle.

The greatest King; the man, to wonder, wise;
Under their Notions, these two Names comprise.
Great was Macedo; but the Stagyrite,
As much outshin'd; as bright Day, Cypress Night.
The Sages Learning did direct the King:
But the Kings Greatness, could no honour bring.