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Let a well shingled roof, from Raleigh's land, Defend thy stock from noon’s inclement blaze, 260 And from night-dews ; for night no refpite knows. when their destin’d labour is perform’d. asham’d to lead the panting mules thou Be 264 foft parent of each focial grace, muse, (The views) creation God’s whole of love With eyes To the warm pen ; where copious forage strowed. And strenuous rubbing, renovate their strength. So, fewer ails, (alas, how prone to ails!) Their days shall shorten ; ah, too short at best ! NOR,
secure FOR not, even then, my friend, art thou 271 From fortune: spite of all thy Heady care, What ills, that laugh to scorn Machaon’s art. Await thy cattle ! farcy’s tabid form, Ver. 259. Raleigh's land,] Sir Walter Raleigh gave the name of Virginia, in honour of Q. Elizabeth, to the whole of the northeast of North America, which Sebastian Cabot, a native of Bristol, (though others call him a Venetian,) first discovered, A. D* 1497 in the time of K. Henry VII. by whom he was employed; but no advantages could be reaped from this discovery, on account of the various disturbances that enfued in England during the succeeding reigns, till about the year 1584, Q, Elizabeth gave Sir Walter Raleigh a patent for all such land, from 33. to 40. N. 1st. as he should chute to fettle with Englilh, reserving only to the crown a fifth part of all the gold and silver which should therein be dilcovered, in lieu of all services. Accordingly several embarkations were fitted out from England, but all to no purpose. Some farther attempts, however, were made to fettle this part of the country in the succeeding reign ; but it w'as not till the year 1620, that a regular form of government took place. Then was tobacco planted, and negroes imported into Virginia. Since that time it has-gradually improved, and does not now contain fewer than 100,000 white people of better condition, besides twice as many servants and slaves. The best shingles come from. Egg-Harbour.
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