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Oculus Britanniae

An Heroi-Panegyrical poem on the University of Oxford. Illustrated with divers beautiful Similes, and useful Digressions [by Nicholas Amhurst]
 
 

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So romish priests esteem and reverence gain,
By bidding penance, and imposing pain;

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The well-flogg'd Zealots bless their Father's voice,
And in raw backs and aking bones rejoice.