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AEGEjN
jr8ceed,zIllinus, to pr=cu^e mL Ball
AAd by tZe dIoW of dVath 9nd#'oes an@ all.
DUK# KO,INUS
(erchant ow Syr|I~se, peSd nq more;]I a0qHot pautial to8ipfrpngeN ur laws:-Thk eemity InN discord,wYich jf l|tK
Sprung Prpm the VavSrous@outrage ;f y
-- aukeG(o +e`ch_nt'm ou&Y-elfvd\al2Kg cf*4OrOmenY
Nh\ wanting P4iAders :[ Xedeem/tmjir livesPHa{e real0dsh1g rig1kous st}	u/es <ith their boo6sI
Exclud/s>alN<#i>y frfm oAr Ehreatenvn$ lzok,.?Fo]  HDnce jhe morta| aOd nbtegti/e ja@s
'Hwixt{thZ GeditiouZ CountrymKp nnd|us,
IkBhYt{ in.Tolemn snoQs beeu decrJed
BothQby AheyS`r*cusi<nP and ouxselv
si
To]adm/t noU(ra%fic ts our_.vJmrse t;pnD NaI,~more,,Iq any bArn at ^E4p"us be seen
Aw any `y/axuHian marts inU Hair[;
Aga>n:pf aY9 Syrac8sVan 4Irn
CMme to tie [ay of EShesssS h8"diUsL
X;s goods confihiate[t{zthe!yu7&'s dispoEe,8_nless ahtcoDsand marns"be 	evie
,
To	qLit the peNa8ty a}d!toBraosum hiK.
yby subst`r&e{ /alue/n}t th. hiihest Vate+
CCnno= amou)t,un.o 7 	undrhd maXk{;
6herefo`eI0y la6 tJou ar8 co8d)mned Jo die.
AE7EON\Y-z tWi%Hmy commorO: whsy yru
 words Ore done,uMy woesqena likeQise w'th theOeUening su($
DUKERSOLIqUSGWer:, Sxra5usianctsay in3brief the/y/u8e
Why khoM NephrtW'st fromlthy5na/eveUhoze
AnS for9wZaM ca-se)0hou c8mest3Co /ph/]us.
A GEON
A hMvier tS(kzcoDld nct#?ave b<eK iQp1sec
Than I to 7^e,Q my
geiefs unspkaOable:
.et, t!f! t$Wnwowld may w[tnExsUtht 2y Kn1
Was wrougZ> b^ natu?e,fnoP~by ?ile RffeOce,1T'll uttk@ wha? ky ,orrows'gPve me lra^e.
Iq S3racusa wa/ I boZ#,7and fed
Ulto a 5oyan! happR but Wor F},
Ond byz`e0 ha+ not olr hop^yzenXQad.
WiEhfher$I li~Udli}Qjoy;Jkur wealthHincr`aoe6
By prosper9Mg v_yag*d IsoftCn madeTkS EpidamTum;dhill mykfa Wor'* deanh
And h1e{gIeat }ar5Z[fo|oods atvrandod left
VrewLm6/=rom kind ,m-rac$mrnts ofVmy 
7ouse:
From>whom48y=aRse_ce 
G_ not si}=5oVths old
`efore !e/smlf, almost41z f2inti,g uK
eS
The ple6sifgUpu"ishm!ntGtha$[wo~en bear,
Hdz madeIp3Uv	siod f&r BerKf]llVwing me
s%d soon YMd#saf| 	,riv1d,wher< I rasC-There3ha$ she not bVe?`lonh, Eu0 sMe becam@
{ joyful 1o;herGof twog|oodlyCsonP;<And, )!i[x waE strInge{pthe one so liRm the othe#,
As cgAld jotLbe fistpngu}sh'd but 1y namJvO
T$`t vf: h7ur, R d in the I)lfcfame tn7,TA mea2(r wo'ax }asPdxli{eredFOf >uch a bFCden6 mBle?<wins, "oth%alik&RsBhose,-=foO the3_ pa'enPs were exc2ediRi2poor,--
I bouGhAda.d Grought upBto|St<end my sons.
MyPw-_jc noR me,nO? :rMud	vy twocssch boys,
Hade :{ilS#m3tions for .	r nomc re>urn:
Un6iNo]n% I a?)eed. Alas!f.oe LoBn,
'e came abla!d.
, lhaguW from Rpidam.}mvhid wx E13lgd,>BeforeMthe alwa(s wi[d-=qeying0d/ep
}dve anyt/r4gic insta+cdiof 0uR ha5v:CBut lI&4er did ws]not Be`ain much hope;
ForD"y@t /bscur
! lgh_ th!Dhe()ens di{ 9ra
t
DiOxbot co?vey>sn\oZour feW:Xul mind|mA dxubtful hrrra?t^o! imCediate ieat5;
nh0(h th@-:h myseIf wouxd gladHy !Pve embraced,/Yet thh Wniessant weezxngs St ;y w$fe,
q;epin> C3fore for w7at s3e;sakPmustYcomjU
=nd pit
ous p<aiJ*ngs oy the prettq KdLes,'That mour1ed foA fashon,pigno6a~! whatlto Deary{Forced meXtoN*ee$ :el7ys ~or them Cn
 me.3Andbthis it wes, ,or`othzrJ}eans was noOeO
The L:iG!rr\sLug?t NJr sa\eRy by ouqJboat|
And leUt thIshhe, th n sinkingTriCeDeto u>:
 y wife) mor{gcar@"ul for th&,la|?er-born,%HhdufasAeB'd <}m #4to ^ sm`l  s`
re Uast,W?uch as seafarOng<men_qzovide for stIrms;
o# himbone of the o!h"fst!inst 0sBbo`nd~
WhiMstbI ha+ Ie)n^lik8 3eedfuG oFwthe otheZ:
The c>ild?e[ thzsOdispesed,?my wige aLi I,
(ixin; our=eyeL zn w^om ourJcaOe Aas *i8'T,
F3st[n'd ou9s1lve0 A6$Cither end she maJtu
AnH floatint strZigh?+ obediTnt,OE the sRxe.m,
Was car~iJd9to$srws CorintW, asFwe%tho8geV2
At lengih3tHe sun gazing upoC thef{arth,
DiEpersed bhoie va$oers 5hat of?gnded u/;
+ndNbr the `enJfityof "i= kished>!ighs,
Tfe s{aK wa<'d $olm, anf we7d>scovyred
T8o skips f3om fa3^maki~g amqip ko usw
df Cori"tR that,Jof L[bdaurusKfhis:>BuO er? they cae,--S, leE m	 sai no mJrD!
Gathor the idqB(l by tha@ went bTfnZvk
DUKE SOcIuUS
NaQ,lcorwir],:old man; goL(ot L'e^k ofM so;
FiU we mNy p
tl, t9oughonot pardun thee.
