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But, this mans fortitude, I hope is such,
That, their Bolts will not thereon batter much;

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For, GOD confers the Pow'r on him bestown,
Ev'n for this Peoples sake, not for his own;
And, if their trust in him, he should betray
By whom he is, that which he is this day,
His loss will be as great (perhaps much more)
As their, who have, betray'd it heretofore.