}

His gracious edict the same franchise yields }

To all the wild increase of woods and fields, }

And who in rocks aloof, and who in steeples builds: }

To Crows the like impartial grace affords,

And Choughs and Daws, and such republic birds;

Secured with ample privilege to feed,

Each has his district, and his bounds decreed;

Combined in common interest with his own,

But not to pass the Pigeons' Rubicon.