' ~c6 The Hiftory of SA MPS o·N. . The hop~fulBridegroom (he whofe.fmiling brtl\V: . · Affur'd 'htshopesafpeedyConqueftnow) - · Even thirfting for Viltorious Triumph, brake The crafty filence ofhis lips,and fpake, 'The time is come,whofe Iatefthourends 'Our nuptial Feaft, and fairly recommends 'The wreath ofConqudl'tothe Viltors orow: 'Say, is the Riddle read/ Ekpound it now; 'And for vour pains, t:he(~ hands fhaii foon refign 'Your ·conquefd. prize' :· If' not, the prize·is mine ·- · With that they join'd their -whifpring.heads, .and.... ASpeaker, wh9 in louder l~nguage,faid .: (mad~ Ofall the fweets that e'r wer~ l:.nown, · · . there's none fq P/~ttfin~; u, <. , ., As tbofe rar~ da_f~tlfl . whrch do ; F~orvn , .the ll;lbour of the :~ee: . ·:. . · , bfttll.the creatrtres in-the field, · \ 1 , , · : thai ever ~nfet' eie on, '' ... · · ... 'I'here's.none wbofe. po~er dotb.not yceM. . ' . .. . . unto t-h~flronger Lion. .. ·· ,, Whereto .th' offended Cliatlenger~ whofeey·~ •; Prodaim't;l .a quick 1;evenge; made this Reply; ' N<> hori'ey?s f\veetH;than a womans tongue; , , 'And, whenJlie,Iift, I.ions are not (o firong: ~How thriceaccu.rs'd are they, that do furtil· · ' The lewd defires ofa womans wiil ! 'Howmor,e.accurs"d fs he,tha't doth impart 'His· bofom-fecrets iba womans heart! . . 'T~ey{>lead l!keAngds, and, like Cro~odile~; • , , . • Ktll w1th the1r tears; they murther w1th their fmtld: 'How w~ak a thing is woman ! Nay, how weak . 'IS :'enfdef's man, that will be urg'd to break .-; 'His connfels in her ear, that harh nq power ·· 'To mak~ fecure a fecret, for an hour! .., No; Vi <tors, no : Had not a womans minde ~ Be~nfaithlefs, and unconftant, as .thc winde,
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