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Fraus Diabolica.

The Devil over-reach'd Men by a Slight,
When first he taught them to oppose the Light,
For he himself in Darkness dwells; and he
That hates the Light, must needs in Darkness be:
Arch-craft indeed! he knows the Light who shun,
Must needs into the thickest Darkness run,
And he so craftily his Plot has laid,
That many simple Ones he hath betray'd,
To tread the Path that leads to Death's dark Cell,
'Till by a sad Mistake they come to Hell.