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37. It was a Capital Crime to name a Goat, before Caius Caligula.
A wanton Hee-Goat, hath not moyster Pores;Then that shag'd Monster, which proud Rome adores.
Hence was it made High Treason for to say,
A Goat; in Presence of Caligula.
A slight reflection, Princes Glory blots:
Before the Moon, forbear to talk of Spots.
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