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The fidler's fling at roguery

(Canto verace odioso.) In several canto's. to be successively continued [by Edward Ward]

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The Argument of The Second Canto.

The Vision that the Fidler had,
For which he was proclaim'd for MAD.
How Pride, and Forms, and School-Degrees,
Prophane surpassing Mysteries;
And boldly term 'em Reveries.
How Academick Priviledges
To horrid Roguerys are Hedges:
And how Professors once combin'd
Unask'd to be so very kind,
To cure the healthful Fidler's Mind.
While these Wise Men of Gotham-Elves,
In their Account forgot Themselves.