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Ay^(t Oi dp Ti^^^yimv ^jzirocrtpcLyi^ djmpOTipoo^hf 
'^A/9\.0i y ctud'^ ict -Akvcl hoi (^OLuc mpl^movm 
Tlaw^; r^cjt)dhoiy f(^t crpv Tm^vriKA^) did, 
Xdixjyi^' 7075 cwng dvi'Sfv(Ji X^L/fi^vm^^v. 
Which an ingenious Friend of mine has thus tranflated : 
And indeed, the whole Poem is fo fine, fo noble and 
rich a Thought that if the Tranflation of it was at- 
tempted by (bme good Genius ^ he would find Charms 
enough in it to raift his Fancy,- and a Subj^jft Worthy 
his greateft Skill. 
None to their Young fo kind as Dolphins are ; 
Tho other¥i^ of theirs y exprefs their Care. 
This in the Dog-fi{h, we with Wonder fee ; 
To tvhomher tremiling Whdps from Danger flee. 
For when a dreadful Storm imhroils the Deep^ 
Within her howtlSy they fot Refuge creep ; 
They pafs directly to her Womb ; the Way 
By which excluded^ firjl they faw the Day, 
She^ tho^ diflended, and in torturing Pains j 
The hulky Burden patiently fuflains^ 
While the loud Terrors of the Tempefl lafi : 
But when the Danger, and their Fears are pafl^ 
Strait from her fuff'ring Womb, the Whelps retreat^ 
And fhe her Labour ^ they their Birth repeat. 
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