andtheir Flies. 
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Th’ Arctamafonof tTiis round and glorious bal. 
Of creatures created Man thedaft, • 
Noe that he thought him therefore worft of all> 
(For in his foulc parrof himfclfe he caft )• 
But left his wifedothc might in-queftion fall. 
For having in his houfea fttanger plac't. 
Ere eu’ry thing was made to pleafe and feaft* 
So great a Monarch and fabraue a gueft. 
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Voder whofe fccte where c’rc he went abrode 
r^(i)fpread forth a carpet voide of art. 
Softer -thcji hike, greener then th’£ mtrodt> 
Wroughjt al with ftowres,and cu’ry hearb apart, 
Quer him hang'd where e re he made abode, * 
An azur d cloth of ftate, which ouerthwart- 
Was biaft (as it were)and richly purld. 
With twelnebrauc fignes Sc gliftringftars inurld 
I TheEartb^, 
Vppon him then as vaflals eu’ry day 
Stowt Lions waited, tamcles Panthers eke. 
Fierce Eagles,and the wildeft birds of pray. 
Huge whales in Seas that mighty carricks wreake. 
Serpents and toades: Yea each thing did obey. 
Fearing his lawcs and ftatutes once to breaker 
Yet wherto fcru ? d this pompe and honour greac> 
If man had wanted due and dayly meats? 
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