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Naucratia

or naval dominion. A poem. By Henry James Pye

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TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, THE FOLLOWING POEM, ON THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF AN ART, WHICH HAS EVER BEEN THE PECULIAR GLORY AND STRENGTH OF GREAT BRITAIN, AND WHICH, UNDER THE HAPPY AUSPICES OF HIS MAJESTY, HAS EXTENDED HER DISCOVERIES, INCREASED HER COMMERCE, AND ESTABLISHED HER DOMINION, BEYOND THE EXAMPLE OF FORMER AGES, IS, WITH ALL GRATITUDE AND HUMILITY, DEDICATED, BY HIS MOST DUTIFUL AND FAITHFUL SUBJECT AND SERVANT, HENRY JAMES PYE.