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The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c : with memoirs of their lives
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Tird (but not satisfyd) with Man did come,

Drunk with abundant Lust, and reeling Home :

But thou, to our admiring Age dost sltowMore Sin than inncent Rome did ever know ;

And having all her LewdnelTes out ran,

Takstup with Devil, having tired Man;

For what else is that loathsome ugly Black,

Which you and Sujsex in your Arms did take ?

Nor does old Age, which now rides on so fast,

Make thee come short of all thy Lewdness past :

Tho on thy Head grey Hairs, like Ætna's Snow,Are shed, thou Fire and Brimstone art below.

Thou monst'rous Thing, in whom at once did rageThe Flames of Youth, and Impotence of Age.

My Lady Harcourt takes the second Place,

Proud with thy Favour, and peculiar Grace;

Evn she, with all her Piety and Zeal,

The hotter Flames that burn in thee, does feel.

Thou dost into her kindling Breast inspireThe lustful Seeds of thy contagious Fire :

So well the Spirit and the Flesh agree.

Lust and Devotion, Zeal and Letchery.

Of what important Use Religions made,

By those who wisely drive the cheating Trade,

As Wines prohibited, securely pass,

Changing the Name of their own native Place ;

So Vice grows safe, dressd in Devotions Name,Unquestiond by the Custom-House of Fame.Wherever too much Sanctity you see,

Be more suspicious of hid Villainy.

Whosever Zeal is than his Neighbours more;

If Matt, suspect him Rogue; if Woman, Whore :

And