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[Whom the only fear of men]
When he would have put him to death, he, &c.
—xiv. 5.
Whom the only fear of men
Feebly doth from sin restrain,
Soon the slender fence he breaks,
Finds the' occasion which he seeks;
Urged by pride, and stung by lust,
Murders whom he counted just,
Gratifies the' adulteress lewd,
Pays her with a martyr's blood.
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