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ecious deemes, Then Crowne and kingly treasure. The waues which _Boreas_ blasts turmoile And cause with foaming furie boile, Make not his heart to tremble: Nor brutish broile, when with strong head A rebell people madly ledde Against their Lords assemble: Nor fearfull face of Tirant wood, Who breaths but threats, and drinks but bloud, No, nor the hand which thunder, The hand of _Ioue_ which thunder beares, And ribbs of rocks in sunder teares, Teares mountains sides in sunder: Nor bloudie _Marses_ butchering bands, Whose lightnings desert laie the lands whome dustie cloudes do couer: From of whose armour sun-beames flie, And vnder them make quaking lie The plaines wheron they houer: Nor yet the cruell murth'ring blade Warme in the moistie bowells made of people pell mell dieng In some great Cittie put to sack By sauage Tirant brought to wrack, At his colde mercie lieng. How abiect him, how base think I, Who wanting courage can not dye When need him therto calleth? From whom the dagger drawne to kill The curelesse griefes that vexe him still For feare and faintnes falleth? O _Antonie_ with thy deare mate Both in misfortunes fortunate! Whose thoughts to death aspiring Shall you protect from victors rage, Who on each side doth you encage, To triumph much desiring. That _Caesar_ may you not offend Nought else but Death can you defend, which his weake force derideth, And all in this round earth containd, Powr'les on them whom once enchaind _Auernus_ prison hideth: Where great _Psammetiques_ ghost doth rest, Not with infernall paine possest, But in swete fields detained: And olde _Amasis_ soule likewise, And all our famous _Ptolemies_ That whilome on vs raigned. _Act. 4._ _Caesar._ _Agrippa._ _Dircetus_ the Messenger. _Caesar._ _You euer-liuing Gods which all things holde Within the power of your celestiall hands, By whom heate, colde, the thunder, and the winde, The properties of enterchaunging mon'ths Their course and being haue, which do set downe Of Empires by your destinied decree The force, age, time, and subiect to no chaunge Chaunge all, reseruing nothing in one state: You haue aduaunst, as high as thundring heau'n The _Romains_ greatnes by _Bellonas_ might: Mastring the world with fearfull violence, Making the worl
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