IV.

_On Nanus mounted upon an ant._

High-mounted on an ant, Nanus the tall

Was throwne, alas, and got a deadly fall;

Vnder th' unruly beast's proud feet he lies

All torne: with much adoe yet ere he dyes

Hee straines these words: Base Envy, doe laugh on:

Thus did I fall, and thus fell Phaethon.

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