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And them long time before, great Nimrod° was, That first the world with sword and fire warrayd; And after him old Ninus° farre did pas In princely pompe, of all the world obayd; There also was that mightie Monarch° layd Low under all, yet above all in pride, That name of native syre did fowle upbrayd, And would as Ammons sonne be magnifide, Till scornd of God and man a shamefull death he dide.