Natures Picture Drawn by Fancies Pencil To the Life Being several Feigned Stories, Comical, Tragical, Tragi-comical, Poetical, Romancical, Philosophical, Historical, and Moral: Some in Verse, some in Prose; some Mixt, and some by Dialogues. Written by the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and most Excellent Princess, The Duchess of Newcastle [i.e. Margaret Cavendish]. The Second Edition |
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The Prologue to the Beggars Marriage.
I've serv'd two 'Prentiships, and now am madeFree of the Beggars Company to trade:
My Stock, in secret to your Ear I speak,
Is such, as I am sure I shall not break.
Let Boreas burst his Cheeks, and the Sea rore,
The Beggars Bark can ne're be tumbled o're.
What fitter Subject for my Muse can be,
Than make Descriptions of our Company?
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My begg'rly Fancy too, and so my Wit.
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