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EPIGRAM XXXI.
[French valets, in spite of all clamour, inherit]
QUÆRE PEREGRINUM.
French valets, in spite of all clamour, inherit
(Such merit as 'tis) one species of merit,
Exclusive of puff and parade:—
If you kick your man John, he'll return you a whirret;
You may break your own heart, e'er you break English spirit;
But a Frenchman's a slave ready made.
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