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ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE EMPEROR AGAINST THE INFIDELS, AND THE RETURN OF / THE POPE TO ROME.
The high successor of our Charles,[P] whose hair / The crown of his great ancestor adorns, / Already has ta'en arms, to bruise the horns / Of Babylon, and all her name who bear; / Christ's holy vicar with the honour'd load / Of keys and cloak, returning to his home, / Shall see Bologna and our noble Rome, / If no ill fortune bar his further road.