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Juan, whose was a delicate commission,

Private, though publicly important, bore

No title to point out with due precision

The exact affair on which he was sent o’er.

’Twas merely known, that on a secret mission

A foreigner of rank had graced our shore,

Young, handsome, and accomplished, who was said

(In whispers) to have turned his Sovereign’s head.