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Earl d/Rochester,

’Twas such a Mouth did Paris more convince,

Than Juno’s Power, or Pallas Eloquence.

’Twas such a Mouth Achilles did perswade,

And Hercules, to live in Masquerade,

Which all the Force of Arms could ne’er have made’Twas such a Mouth taught Anthony to scornThe glorious Name to which that Prince was born.To such Persuasions mighty Julius gaveThat Crown th 'Egyptian Army could not save,

And of a Conqueror became a Slave.

Still there remains one Sense, which we may callOne that is all the rest, is more than all.

Who can describe thy more than pleafiag Touch ?That is a mighty Talk, for me too much,

Who scarce am known to her of whom 1 vviite,

And had but once the Honour of her S'ght.

None can her charming Virtues duly tell,

But he who comes inspir’d from her own Well,Whose Virtues does all Helicon 's excell.

On the Women about Town.

T OO long the wife Commons have been in DebateAboutX'loney and Conscience, those Trifles osStatejWhilst dangerous Grievances daily increase,

The Subject can’t riot in Safety and Peace,

Unless, as against Irijh Cattle before,

They should now make an Act against Irijh Whore.The Coots black and white, Clanb/asdl and Pox,

Invade us with Impudence, Beauty, and Pox »

They carry a Fate which none can oppose,

The Loss of his Heart, or the Fall of his Nose:

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