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et Jose was an honourable man,That I must say, who knew him very well;Therefore his frailties I ll no further scan,Indeed there were not many more to tell:And if his passions now and then outranDiscretion, and were not so peaceableAs Numa’s (who was also named Pompilius),He had been ill brought up, and was born bilious. Whate’er might be his worthlessness or worth, Poor fellow! he had many things to wound him,Let ’s own—since it can do no good on earth—
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