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Parnassi Puerperium

or, Some Well-wishes to ingenuity, in the Translation of Six Hundred, of Owen's Epigrams; Martial de Spectaculis, or of Rarities to be seen in Rome; and the most Select, in Sir Tho. More...
  
  

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140. Ask, and you shall Receive.

We read in Scripture; Ask, you shall Receive:
But 'tis perform'd only to those, who Give.
Give your Acquaintance, first; then They'l give you:
No Chinke, no Drink; Nothing is Gratis now.
Give, and it shall be Given you.