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The Institution of the Order of the Garter

A Dramatick Poem [by Gilbert West]
West, Gilbert (1703-1756)
  
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—Lectos ex omnibus Oris
Evebis; & meritum, non quæ cunabula quæris,
Et qualis; non unde satus: sub teste benigno
Vivitur; egregios invitant præmia mores.
Claud

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