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V. 151.

And as I wake sweet mufic breathe, &c.

This thought is taken from Shakespear's Tempeft. Act I. Scene II.

"Where should this mufic be? i' th' air, or th' earth?

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The primrofe, being an eariy flower, is at first very acceptable; and being a lafting flower, it continues, till it is put out of countenance by those which are more beautiful; and fo dies, forfaken, and neglected.

v. 154.

Whilft thee the fhores, &c.

Shores is improper; and I fancy it should be Sholes; the fhallow waters; brevia. So En. I. 115.

v. 183.

v. 183.

Henceforth thou art the Genius of the fhore.

It is pleasant to observe how the most anti-papistical Poets are inclined to canonize, and then to invoke their friends, as faints. See Poem on the Fair Infant, Stanz. X.

v. 193.

Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new,

Theocritus, Idyll. I. 145.

Χαίρετ'· ἐγὼ δ ̓ ἔμμιν καὶ ἐς ὕστερον ἄδιον ασῶ.

But it is time to give over, and to apply to other things.

A SERMON

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Published by Order of his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.

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