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Duke of Modena
AN IMPROVISO TRANSLATION OF THE FOLLOWING DISTICH ON THE DUKE OF MODENA'S RUNNING AWAY FROM THE COMET IN 1742 OR 1743.
Se al venir vostro i principi sen' vanno Deh venga ogni di--durate un' anno. . If at your coming princes disappear, Comets! come every day--and stay a year.
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