For 'tis but weakness at the best to turn.

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True, hadst thou left us in the former reign, }

Y'had proved it was not wholly done for gain; }

Now the meridian sun is not so plain. }

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Gold is thy god; for a substantial sum, }

Thou to the Turk wouldst run away from Rome, }

And sing his holy expedition against Christendom. }

But, to conclude; blush with a lasting red,