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the crowded ftrects, attend to the voice of their driver, 

 by which they almoft are folely governed, and difcover 

 no lefs fagacity and obedience than the famous Gallic 

 mules, dcfcribed by Claudian in the following epigram. 



DE MULABUS GALLICIS. 



^fpicc morigeras Rhodani torrentis alumnas^ 



Imperio ncxas^ impsrioque vagas ; 

 DiJJ'ona quam varios Jleclunt ad mitrmiira curfus^ 



Et certas adeunt vcce regent e vias : 

 iluamvis qiiaquejlbi longh difcurrit habenis, 



Et pateant diiro libera colla jugo ; 

 Ceu conJiriBa tatnenfervit, patienfque laborum 



Barbaricos docili concipit aure fonos. 

 Abfentis longinqua vaJent pracepta magijiriy 



Frcenorumqiie vicem lingua virilis agit. 

 Hac procul aiigujlatfparfas, fpargitque coa5ias, 



Hac Jijiit rapidas ; hac properare facit. 

 Lava jubet ? lavo deducunt limite grejfum, 



Mutavit Jirepitum ? dexteriora petunt. 

 Nee vinclis famuJa, nee libertateferoces, 



Exuta laqueis, fiibditione tamen, 

 Confenfuque pares ; fed fiilvis pelHbus hirta 



EJfeda Concordes multi fonora trahunt. 

 Miraris Ji voce f eras peccaverat Orphius, 



Cum pronas pecudes Gallica verba regant ? 



Bred, where the Rhone's impetuous torrents flow, 

 Obferve how well thefe mules their duty know ! 



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