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7. Upon Cæsars Ambition.
Cæsars aspiring Minde, could not concurre;With the Dictates, of a Superiour.
It was more Delight to have sole Command,
In a poor Cottage; and four Acres Land,
Then to have had such a disastrous Fate,
As might have dub'd him second, to the State.
The World feeds many Millions; hath four Parts:
Yet cannot Breakfast, two Ambitious Hearts.
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