104 ·The Hiflory of Qpeen ESTER.) , The facrcd Academy.of mans life.·· ~ ., · 1 , ls holy wedlock in ahappy wife: ~· _ ·]~was a wife mans fpeecl~, Could nt~er they 1\now t~ command, that tJfew not jirft t'obej: Where's then that hi,gh .com.mand ? that amplc fan1q You.r fex, to glG-rif:ie their honor'd name, Your noble fex in·former days..atchiev'd? .. · ... .· · · -· W.hofe foonding praife no afcer~times 9\lt~I~v'd~ fJ What braveexploits, what ·well~deferving glory, The fubjetl: of an everlafting fiory, , · Their hands archiev'd ?. they·thrui'l: their ~cepters t11en 'As well in Kingdoms, u in hearts of men: · .. fmcl fwcet ~bwfience was the lowly fta.ir, Mounted their fteps to that commanding chair.~ A \Vomans rule lh0uld be in{uch afafhiGm, Only to guide l1er houfhold, an"d her paffion; And her ~bedience nevct's out offeafon, So long as either Husband lafts, Gr Reafon ; · ~11 thrive£ th~ ·haplefs Family, that fhows . ACock that's lilent, and a Hen that crows: I know m>t which live m<>re unnatural lives, Obeying· Hu~bands, or commanding Wives•.• ~ \ ,, T RE ARq l1 M'E·N T. Afiuerus pleas'd; hu fenJants moti9ie Propoundr.i, g~in hu approba&io~. E!}:-ers defcent, her Jewtfh race ; Her beauties, and her perfeCt grace. sea.+· ·V v ·.Hen Time .c th~t cndethall.thingis) did aifwage ~ L ' rhc b~rnu;g Fever of fi U uerm rage:~ jr.J ' .,
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