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1. Cæsar, quæsi celsus; because he was cut out of his Mothers Womb.
Lucretia 's Rape did such an Odium bring;That warlike Rome, could not digest a King.
Vice undermines the Greatest; Rome no Place,
(Much lesse a Throne) would grant the Tarquin Race.
When the Republick had regain'd her Health;
Consuls were chose, to steer the Commonwealth.
Who, when the Waves did rage, guided their ship,
By the sure Card, of a Dictatorship.
Which was to last, till th'Empresse of the Night,
Six times had glori'd, in a globous Light.
Onely thy Sword, Great Julius! seal'd to Thee
That Honour, and its Perpetuity.
The Picture of thy Minde, was Limn'd by Strife;
Thy Body before Birth, was Cut to th'Life.
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