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Nonsense
As By-blows having Right to more then one
Presumptive father, Legally have none.
Presumptive father, Legally have none.
For those that undertake to Teach, have less
Then other men of that which they Profess;
For commonly the greatest Folly's wont
To be Cast up, and Placd to their account;
And all the Freaks and madnes of a noddy
Ascribd to nothing but th' excess of Study;
As 'tis the Constant Nature of Excess
In any thing to turn to a Diseas;
As Monsters seldom have been found to Neede
A Natural Limb, but Frequently t' exceed.
Then other men of that which they Profess;
For commonly the greatest Folly's wont
To be Cast up, and Placd to their account;
And all the Freaks and madnes of a noddy
Ascribd to nothing but th' excess of Study;
As 'tis the Constant Nature of Excess
In any thing to turn to a Diseas;
As Monsters seldom have been found to Neede
A Natural Limb, but Frequently t' exceed.
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