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896.
[In flattery nursed, the lawless great]
John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful, &c.
—vi. 18.
In flattery nursed, the lawless great
A man of rigid virtue hate,
Who faithfully the truth declares,
And neither sin nor sinner spares;
Who no respect of persons knows,
No incense on the gods bestows,
And bold rebukes the royal vice,
And martyr'd for his conscience dies.
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