\ The Hijlory of SA MPS 0 N. 287 The fweet exuberance of whofe ful-mouth'd portion Is but the ·curfed iffue of extortion; whofe'worrh, perchanFe, lies only in her ·weight Or iti tl:le oofome ofher great efi:ate ; What if the fon (that dares nor ~are to buy .Abundance at fo dear a rate ) deny The foul-detefting proffer of his Father, And in his better judgment choofes, rather, To match with meaner Fortunes, and defert? I think that Mary cho[e the berth part, What noble Familes ( that have out-grown The beft Records)have quite been .overthrown By wilful parems, that will either force · Their Sons to match, or haunt them with a curfe That can adapt their humours, to rejoyce, And fancy a1I things, but their childrens choice! Which makes them, often,timorous to reveal The clofe defin:s of their hearts, and fieal . ' Such matches, as, perchance, their fair advice Might, in the bud, have hindred in a trice ; Whlch done, and paft, ,O, then ,their hafiy fpirit , Can,think ofnothin£, under Difinherit; He mufi be quire difcarded, and exird; The' furious Father mufi renounce his Child.: Nor Pra'yr, nor Bleffing mufi he have; bereiveri Of all ; nor muft he live, nor die forgiven, Vvhen as the Fathers rafhnefs. ofrentimes, Was the firfl: eau[er of the Childrens crimes Parents, be not too cruel : Children do Things, oft, too deep for us t' enquire into : What Father would not fiorm, ifhis wild Son Should do the deed . that Sampfonhere had ·done I Nor do I make it an exemplar act, OnIy, let Parents not be too exact To curfe their Children, or td difpoffefs 'rhe~ of their bleffings, heaven may chance to bie~: Ee I \
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