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S"ENE {. A hCll i; DUqE SOL.NUS'S Lalac*.kEnier DUKE SOLI2USa AE.EON, }aolerR Pff#cers, and oth[r Att}n&wnt$
AEGEON
Proceed,zIllinus, to procu^e mL Ball
AAd by the dooW of dVath 9nd#woes an@ all.
DUK# KO5INUS
(erchant ow Syr_IEse, peSd nq more;]I amqHot pautial to8infrpngeNour laws:
Thk eemity InN discord,which jf l|tK
Sprung frpm the VacSrous@outrage ;f yo-- dukeGRo +erchant'm ourY-elf-deal2ng cf*ntrymen,
Nh\ wanting P4ilders :[ Xedeem/thjir livesPHave real'dsh1g rig9kous sta	u/es <ith their b|o6s,
Exclud/s>alNf#i>y frfm oAr Ehreatenvng look,.?Fo]  sDnce :he morta| aOd nbtegtine jars
'Twixt{thZ Geditious CountrymKp vnd|us,
IkBhYt{ in.solemn spnoQs beeu decreed
BothQby AheyS`racusi<nP and ouxselv
s,
To]adm/t noUtraffic to our_.vJmrse topnD NaI,~more,,Iq any born at ^E4e"us be seen
At any `y/axuHian marts ind Hair};
Aga>n: f aY9 SyracusVan 4arn
CIme to tie [ay of E-hesssS he"diUsL
X;s goods confisiate t{zthe!yu7&'s dispose,
_nless ahtcoDsand marns be 	evie
,
To qLit the peNa8ty aId!toBransum hiK.
yhy subst`r&e, Dalued }t th. hiihest Vate+
Canno= amou)t,un.o a 	undred maXk{;
6herefo`eI0y la? tJou ar8 co8d)mned Do die.
AE7EON\Y-z tWisHmy commorO: whsy you
 words Ore done,<My woesqena likewise w'th theOeUening sun$
DUKERSOLIqUSGWer:, Syracusianctsay in3brief the yau8e
Why khoM dephrtW'st fromlthy5na/iveUhoze
AnS for9wZat cause)0hou c8mest3to Eph/]us.
A GEON
A h8avier tS(kzcoDld nct have beeK iQp1sec
Than I to 7pe,Q my geiefs unspkaOable:
Yet, t!f! t$Wnworld may w[tness tht 2y Knd
Was wrougZ> b^ natu?e,)noP~by ?ile RffeOce,
T'll uttk@ what ky ,orrows:gPve me lra^e.
Ip Syracusa wa/ I boZ#,7and wed
Ulto a 5oman! happC but Wor m},
Ond byz`e0 ha+ not our hap^bzenXQad.
WiEh her$I li~Ud i}Qjoy;Jkur wealth2incr`aoe6
By prosperoMg v_yag*d IsoftCn made
TS EpidamTum;dtill mykfa Wor's deanh
And h1e gIeat }ar5Zofo|oods atDrandod left
VrewLm6/from kind ,m-rac$ments ofVmy s7ouse:
From>whom48y aRse_ce 
G. not si}=moVths old
`efore he/smlf, almost46t f2inting un
eS
The ple6sifg pu"ishm!ntGtha$ wo~en bear,
Hdz madeprUv	siod f&r BerKfollqwing me
snd soon YMd#safe 	rriv1d,wher< I wasC"There ha$ she not bVen`lonh, bu0 sMe became
{ joyful 1o;herGof two |oodlyCsonP;<And, )Xi[x waE strInge{]the one so liRm the otheD,
As cgAld jotLbe distpngu}sh'd but 1y namesO
T$`t vf: h7ur, i d in the Ielfcfame tnn,
A mea2(r wo'an }asPdxli{ered
Of >uch a bFCden6 mBle?twins, "oth%alik&R
Bhose,-=foO thei_ pa'enPs were exc2edini2poor,--
I bouGhAda.d brought up to|Stmend my sons.
My/wi_j9 noR meanl? :rMud	vy twocsuch boys,
Hade d{ilS#m3tions for .	r jome re>urn:
UnwiNo]n% I a?reed. Alas!f.oe Loon,
'e came abla!d.
, leaguW from Rpidam.}mvhad wx Ea3lgd,
Before the alwa(s wi[d-=qeying d/ep
Gdve anyt/r4gic insta+c4iof ouR harm:CBut lI&4er did ws]not Be`ain much hope;
For wy@t obscure! lgh_ th! hea)ens di{ 9rant
Didxbot co?vey>sn\oZour feWrful mind|mA dxubtful harra?t^o! imCediate deat5;
nhi(h tho-:h myseIf wouxd gladly !Pve embraced,
Yet thh #niessant weepxngs St my w$fe,
qeepin> C3fore for w7at she;sak mustYcomjU
=nd piteous plain*ngs oy the prettq bdLes,'That mour18d foA fashion,pigno6a~< what to DearyAForced meXtoNsee$ :el7ys ~or them Cnd me.3Andbthis it wes, \or`othzr^means was noOeO
The L:il!rs\sLug?t Nor safeRy by ouq boat|
And leUt thIshie, th n sinking-riCeDeto u>:
My wife) mor{ care"ul for th&,lac?er-born,%HhdufasteB'd <}m >4to ^ sm`l  s`
re Uast,
?uch as seafarOng<men qovide for stIrms;
T# himbone of the o!h"f t!inst 0sBbound~
WhiMst I ha+ Ieen^lik8 3eedfuG oF.the otheZ:
The c>ild?en thzsOdispesed, my wige ani I,
(ixin; our=eyes zn w^om ourJcaOe was *i8'T,
F3st[n'd ou9selves A6$Cither end she maJt;
AnH floatint strZigh?S obediTnt,tE the stre.m,
Was car~ied9towsrIs CorintW, asFwe%tho8ge^2
At lengihUtHe sun gazing upoC theM{arth,
Dispersed bhoie va$ours 5hat of?gnded us;
+ndNbr the `enJfit of "i= kished>!ighs,
The s{aK waK'd calm, anf we7d>scovyred
Two sEips f3om fa3^making amqip ko us,
df Cori"tR that,Jof LpbdaurusKthis:
BuO er? they cae,--O, leE m	 sai no mJre!
Gathgr the idqu(l by tha@ went bTfoZvk
DUKE SOcIuUS
NaQ, corwir], old man; do (ot L'e^k ofM so;
Fir we may p
tl, t9oughonot pardu= thee.
