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2236.

[Arm'd with authority the man]

But ye have a custom, that I should release, &c. —xviii. 39.

Arm'd with authority the man
Who for an innocent entreats,
He loses all his efforts vain,
His own high dignity forgets;
He should the clamorous command,
Declare for truth and equity,
The' oppressors to their face withstand,
And set the injured Captive free.