1543 With a contingent e’er necesse make, 1544 Non si est dare primum motum esse, 1545 Or if in semicircle can be made Triangle so that it have no right angle. 1546 Whence, if thou notest this and what I said, 1547 A regal prudence is that peerless seeing 1548 In which the shaft of my intention strikes. And if on ‘rose’ thou turnest thy clear eyes, Thou’lt see that it has reference alone To kings who’re many, and the good are rare. With this distinction take thou what I said, And thus it can consist with thy belief Of the first father and of our Delight. And lead shall this be always to thy feet, To make thee, like a weary man, move slowly Both to the Yes and No thou seest not;

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