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FAB. LXXI. The Young Man and his Cat.
A Youth in Love with Puss, to Venus praydTo change the useless Beauty to a maid,
Venus consents, but in the height of Charmes
A Mouse she cry'd, and leaves his ravisht armes.
Morall
Ill principles no mercy can reclaime,And once a Rebell still will be the same.
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