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OF ENEADOS. 897
As lie fik wordis warpys owt that tyde
Hys goldyn moder apperis liym belyde,
Confefland hir tobe the fair Venus,
And with hir bliflyt mowth fcho carpis thus :
5 Son, do fyk thocht and dreid furth of thy mynd,
ReflTaue thir godly fyngis in bettir kynd,
And joyufly enioys, myn awyn Enee,
The gret weilfar fra thens ial betyd the :
Now is thy reft and quiet fund and kend,
10 Now of thy Iiarniys is cummyn extreme end ;
Now at the laft, as thou defyris, perfay,
This warld with the fal knyt vp peax for ay.
Abhor thou nocht the fyre and flambis brycht,
From thy deir fpowfys hed glaid to the hycht,
1 5 Bot conftantly thy mynd thou now addres ;
It falbe fcho, I the declar expres,
That fall with bhule ryall thy douchty name.
Thy fucceffioun, renown, and nobill fame,
And Troian pryncis, of thy feid difcend,
20 Abufe the clowdis hie and fternys fend.
8cho fall of thy lynnage, my fon Enee,
Bair childryng full of magnanymyte.
Of quliais offTpryng fik men fall fucceid,
That all this large warld far onbreid
25 With thar excelland wirfchip fall fulfill,
And by thar mychty power, at thar will,
As conquerouris, raider thar fengcory
Subdew and rewle this warldis monarchy ;
Of quham the fchynand fouerane glor fall Avend,
30 And far begond the oecean fee extend,
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