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That each of life fought other to deprive, All mindlefs of the golden-fleece which made them flrive

And eke of private perfons many moc,

That were too long a worke to count them all;

Some of fworne friends, that did their faith forgoe; Some of borne brethren, prov'd unnatural;

Some of deare lovers, foes perpetual ;.

Witness their broken bands there to be feen,
Their girlonds rent, their bowres difpoiled all;
The monuments whereof there byding been,
As plaine as at the firft, when they were fresh and

Such was the houfe within; but all without
The barren ground was full of wicked weeds,
Which the herfelf had fowen all about,
Now growen great, at firft of little feedes,
The feeds of evil words, and factious deedes;
Which when to ripenefs due they growen are,
Bring forth an infinite increafe, that breedes

green.

Tumultuous trouble, and contentious jarre,
The which most often end in blood-fhed and in warre.
And thofe fame curfed feed, do alfo ferve

To her for bread, and yield a living food:
For life it is to her, when others flerve
Through mischievous debate, and deadly feood,
That he may fuck their life, and drink their blood,
With which the from her childhood had been fed,
For the at first was born of hellifh brood,

And by infernal furies nourished,

That by her monftrous fhape might cafily be read.

Her

Her face moft foule and filthy was to fee,
With fquinted eyes contrary ways extended,
And loathly mouth, unmeet a mouth to be ;
That nought but gall and venim comprehended,
And wicked words that God and man offended:
Her lying tongue was in two parts divided,
And both the
parts did speak, and both contended;
And as her tongue, fo was her heart decided,

That never thought one thing, but doubly ftill was guided.

Als as the double fpeake, fo heard fhe double,
With matchlefs eares deformed and diflort,

Fil'd with falfe rumours, and feditious trouble,
Bred in affemblies of the vulgar fort,
That ftill are led with every light report.

And as her eares, fo eke her feete were odde,
And much unlike; th' one long, the other short,
And both mifplac't; that when th' one forward gode.
The other back retired, and contrary trode,

Likewife unequal were her handes twaine : That one did reach, the other pusht away:

The one did make, the other mar'd againe, And fought to bring all things unto decay; Whereby great riches, gathered many a day,

She in foft fpace did often bring to nought, And their poffeffours often did difmay. For all her fudy was, and all her thought, How fhe could overthrowe the thing that concord

wrought.

So

So much her malice did her might furpass,
That even th' Almighty felf fhe did maligne,
Because to man fo merciful he was,
And unto all his creatures fo benigne,
Sith the her felf was of his grace indigne:

For all this world's faire workmanship she tride,
Unto his laft confusion to bring

And that great golden chain quite to divide,
With which it blessed concord hath together tide.

Report of an adjudged Cafe, not to be found in any of

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BETWEEN Nofe and eyes a strange contest arose,
The fpectacles fet them unhappily wrong;
The point in difpute was, as all the world knows ;
To which the faid fpeftacles ought to belong.

So the tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause
With a great deal of fkill, and a wig full of learning;
While chief baron Ear fat to balance the laws,

So fam'd for his talent in nicely difcerning.

In behalf of the Nofe, it will quickly appear,
And your lordship, he faid, will undoubtedly find,
That the Nofe has had fpectacles always in wear,
Which amounts to poffeffion time out of mind.

Then

Then holding the fpectacles up to the court-
Your lordship obferves they are made with a ftraddle,
As wide as the ridge of the Nofe is; in short,
Defign'd to fit clofe to it, just like a faddle.

Again would your lordship a moment suppose
('Tis a cafe that has happen'd, and may be again)
That the visage or countenance had not a Nose,

Pray who would or who could wear spectacles then ?

On the whole it appears, and my argument fhews,

With a reasoning the court will never condemn,
That the fpectacles plainly were made for the Nofe,
And the Nofe was as plainly intended for them.

Then fhifting his fide, as a lawyer knows how.
He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes;
But what were his arguments few people know,

For the court did not think they were equally wife.

So his lordfhip decreed, with a grave folemn tone,
Decifive and clear, without one if or but-
That whenever the Nofe put his fpectacles on,

By day-light or candle-light-Eyes should be fhut,

The

The Revenge of America

WARTON.

'HEN Cortez' furious legions flew

WHEN

O'er ravag'd fields of rich Peru,
Struck with his bleeding people's woes,
Old India's awful genius rofe:
He fat on Andes' topmoft fione,
And heard a thousand nations groan;
For grief his feathery crown he tore.
To fee huge Plata foam with gore;
He broke his arrows, flamp'd the ground,
To view his cities fmoaking round.

What woes, he cried, hath luft of gold
O'er my poor country widely roll'd!
Plund'rers proceed! my bowels tear,
But ye
fhall meet deftruction there.
From the deep-vaulted mine fhall rife
Th' infatiate fiend, pale Avarice;
Whofe fteps fhall trembling Juftice fly,
Peace, Order, Law, and Amity!
I fee all Europe's children curft
With lucre's univerfal thirst :

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rage that sweeps my fons My baneful gold fhall well repay.

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