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him to his superiors, and the possiblegood effect they may have on the pub-lic h ; or else he should join to his Po-liteness some more lucrative qualification.

But it is possible that Satire may notdo much good. Men may rife in theiraffections to their follies, as they do totheir friends, when they are abus'd byothers. It is much to be feard thatmisconduct will never be chaced out osthe world by Satire; all therefore thatis to be said for it, is, that misconductwill certainly be never chaced out of theworld by Satire, is no Satires are writ-ten. Which is applicable, likewise,to graver compositions. Ethicks Hea-then and Christian, and the Scripturesthemselves are, in a great measure, aSatire on the weak nest, and iniquity ofmen; and some part of that sacred Sa-tire is in verso, too. Nay jn the first

afies.