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More near he views it yet, and found within,
All the Degrees of Luxury and Sin;
Alsatia's Sink into this Common-Shore,
Did all its vile and nasty Nusance pour;
Fat Sharpers, Broken Cuckolds, Gamesters, Cheats,
What Newgate disembogues find here Retreats;
The Groom and Footman from their Livery stript,
With Scarf, Gay Feather, and Command equipt.
Promotion gives to Sauciness Pretence,
And greatness is mistook for Insolence;
And to evince their Valour every Hour
Bamboo the Slaves that bow beneath their Pow'r;
Yet to the Countrey Ladies these appear
So Novel, witty, beau, en Cavalier,
That scarce a tender Heart is left behind,
Pray God a Maidenhead you chance to find!
All the Degrees of Luxury and Sin;
Alsatia's Sink into this Common-Shore,
Did all its vile and nasty Nusance pour;
Fat Sharpers, Broken Cuckolds, Gamesters, Cheats,
What Newgate disembogues find here Retreats;
The Groom and Footman from their Livery stript,
With Scarf, Gay Feather, and Command equipt.
Promotion gives to Sauciness Pretence,
And greatness is mistook for Insolence;
And to evince their Valour every Hour
Bamboo the Slaves that bow beneath their Pow'r;
Yet to the Countrey Ladies these appear
So Novel, witty, beau, en Cavalier,
That scarce a tender Heart is left behind,
Pray God a Maidenhead you chance to find!
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