...- ~ 'Vhe Eiffory of Qjtun ESTE_ J!.· 101 But he that .hu-llbands well an ill-dealt ga~e, DeferveS the credit of a Gameftcrs name. L9rd, Ifmy Cards be bad, yet lend me !~kill~ To play themwiiely, and ma~~ the befi: of ill. . THE ARG t.lMEN'T. The (earned councel plead the Cafe; _The ~een degracQ?d f,mu her pt~ce :· Decrees !lre fent throttgl10ut the Land, · . T_hat Wives o.bey, .and Men commanfi. . ' Seti. 3· · THe ~i~teou·s.C.oun.cel ( h~vin~ heard the caufe ) Ad.vts'd a wh1le, w1th rcfpm~ of a paufe, . Till r7rtemucan ( the krfi that iilence brake ) . llnfeal'd his feriou slips, and thus befpakc : 'Thegreat _.AJ[u.ersu Sovereign Lord and K in~, ' (To grace·the period of hrs.B~nquetting ) 'Hath ~enc to Vajh_ti, VaJht~ ~oL4ld not come, ' And now it rt.Q:~> in us to give the doom. c But left that too much ra!hnefs viohte 'The facred Juftice of qur happy State, . . . ' Wc firfi propotmd the height of.her offence; 'Next, the fucceedint?; inconvenienc~, 'Which through the circumfiances does at,~gtuenc~ ' And fo ~efccnd to th' equal pu~iJhm~m ; · 'Th' offence propounded, nowwe muft rdiite ' Such circu!nflances that might ag~ravatc, . . 'And firfl: 'the plac,e, ( the P.<\~ace of the King) - ' Anci next the Ji~n;e, ('the Ti.me of ~anquening ) ' Lafily, the pe![on~; ( Prin(:es of the Land) ~Which wimd~ ~h~ 'on~e~1pt of.~hc co ~11nund j . H 3 . f I
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