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But Pompeye’s friendes and sonnes did oft assaye,
When hee was deade[848] to take reuenge on mee,
And I by dint of sworde repelde theyr force awaye,
Gate offices of rule and gouernde eche degree,
At Cæsar’s beck and call obeysaunt all they bee,
Enacted lawes, derected ech estate,
Emperially the first aloft I sate,
[That had not then in all the worlde a mate.]
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