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Nor holy Janus, in whose sovereign boat

The church and all the monarchies did float;

That swimming college and free hospital

Of all mankind, that cage and vivary

Of fowls and beasts, in whose womb Destiny

Us and our latest nephews did install,

(From thence are all derived that fill this all,)

Didst thou in that great stewardship embark

So diverse shapes into that floating park,

As have been moved and inform'd by this heavenly spark.

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