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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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