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  • That, if the Gentiles, (whom no Law inspir'd,)
    By Nature did what was by Law requir'd;
    They, who the written Rule and never known,
    Were to themselves both Rule and Law alone:
    To Natures plain Indictment they shall plead;
    And, by their Conscience, be condemn'd or freed.

    John Dryden (1972). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume II: Poems, 1681-1684”, p.115, Univ of California Press