Your Wounds he 'll close, and sov'reignly restore
Your Science to the Height it had before.

Then Nassau's Health shall be your glorious Aim,
His Life should be as lasting as his Fame.
Some Princes' Claims from Devastations spring,

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He condescends in pity to be King:

And when, amidst his Olives plac'd, He stands,
And governs more by Candour than Commands:
Ev'n then not less a Heroe he appears,
Than when his Laurel Diadem he wears.

Wou'd Phoebus, or his G-le, but inspire
Their sacred Veh'mence of Poetick Fire;
To celebrate in Song that God-like Pow'r,
Which did the lab'ring Universe restore;
Fair Albion's Cliffs wou'd Eccho to the Strain,
And praise the Arm that Conquer'd, to regain
The Earth's Repose, and Empire o'er the Main.

Still may th' immortal Man his Cares repeat,
To make his Blessings endless as they 're great:
Whilst Malice and Ingratitude confess

They 've strove for Ruin long without Success.
When late, Jove's Eagle from the Pyle shall rise
To bear the Victor to the boundless Skies,
Awhile the God puts of Paternal Care,

Neglects the Earth, to give the Heav'ns a Star.
Near thee, Alcides, shall the Hero shine;
His Rays resembling, as his Labours, thine.

* Read the Ceremony of the Apotheosis.

Hercules a Constellation near Ariadne's Crown.

351 sove'reignly 9-4 352 height 1-4 354 His Life [He 2-3] shou'd be as Immortal as his Name. 1-3 355 Princes 1-4. 6 | claims 1-4 361 Wou'd but Apollo some great Bard inspire 1-4 Granville Wi

362 Their] With 1--4 || veh'mence - 363 Power, 1- 364 labouring1

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367 repose,
371 Ruine 1.6
374 off 9-11. Wi

366 Conquer'd 1-4 372-377 fehlen in 1–6

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Had some fam'd Patriot, of the Latin Blood,
Like Julius Great, and like Octavius Good,
But thus preserv'd the Latian Liberties,
Aspiring Columns soon had reach'd the Skies:
Loud lo's her proud Capitol had shook,
And all the Statues of the Gods had spoke.

No more the Sage his Raptures cou'd pursue:
He paus'd; and Celsus with his Guide withdrew.

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378 Patriot] Hero 2-4 Heroe 16 379 Great 380 the Latian Liberties the sinking Latian Power, 1 381 Rome had erected Columns ev'ry hour; 1 382 And whilst the Capitol with Io's her] the 11. Wi 383 The Statues of the Guardian

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A COMPLEAT KEY

TO THE SEVENTH EDITION

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DISPENSARY.

LONDON:

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Dispensary. 1)

In the first Copy of Verses

To Dr. Garth upon the Dispensary.
LikeM-gue's, could a just Piece sustain,

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* Charles Mountague, Lord Halifax. Line 15 When S-rs charming Eloquence,

The Lord Somers, formerly Lord Chancellor.

Line 20 What *D-s can't condemn, nor †D—n mend. *Dennis, a sower, supercilious, illnatur'd

Critick and Poetaster.
Dryden, a famous Poet.

1) Die verschiedenen Ausgaben des Key, die mir zur Verfügung standen, sind die folgenden:

A Compleat Key to the Dispensary. London 1706. (Zus. mit der 6. Aufl.) ['].

A Compleat Key to the Seventh Edition of the Dispensary. London 1714 [2]. Der vorliegenden Ausgabe zugrunde gelegt und in den Anmerkungen mit Key bezeichnet.

A Compleat Key to the Dispensary. London 1726 [3]. Dahinter folgen unter: Verses omitted in the late Editions of the Dispensary folgende VV. I 54—55 und 182 1—12; II 601–21; III 1161—2, 198-205 und 211–212; IV 2131—; V 2141-14 und 347–348.

A Continuation of the Key. (Zus. mit 3) [4].

A Compleat Key to the Dispensary. Written by Sir Samuel Garth, M. D. The Third Edition. To which are added, above 60 Lines omitted in the late Editions of that Poem etc. London 1734 [5].