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“And if sole thou so many souls to flit couldst force, and seek Cocytus’ reign of night, when thou the Holy City didst acquit of the base Júdean, firm in olden rite; ’twas that Jehovah’s vengeance thus saw fit, O noble Titus! not thine arm of might; for thus inspirèd men had prophesied, and thus by Jesu’s lips ’twas certified.

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