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The Works of John Sheffield

Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. In two volumes ... The third edition, Corrected
  
  
  
  
  

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Written over a Gate.

Here lives a Man, who, by Relation,
Depends upon Predestination;
For which the Learned and the Wise
His Understanding much despise:
But I pronounce with loyal Tongue
Him in the right, them in the wrong.
For how could such a Wretch succeed?
But that, alas, it was Decreed!