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BG.735.023
30 Jun-7 Jul 1735:12 (809)
A true copy of the legend on the Foundation-Stone of
Houghton-Hall in Norfolk.
[9 lines of Latin poetry]
ENGLISHED.
That Robert Walpole, whom posterity
In latest times will mention with a sigh,
Hath plac'd me the foundation of a pile
To rise stupendous in his native soil.
. . . [4 more lines]
THE SAME IN ENGLISH. BY R.B.
Il'ostrious Walpole he, whose envy'd name
In latest ages shall be dear to same,
Laid me, the earnest of a lofty pile,
The secure honour of his native soil;
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