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42. Upon his ridiculous Resolution.
Claudius was half resolv'd, by his Edict;To concede. Leave, Wind might no more afflict,
The Entrails; detain'd by Civility;
At Feasts, at Banquets, the Guts might let fly.
His Nostrils alwayes wept: you might suppose,
Before I told you this; He wanted Nose.
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