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A Fit, that some will call poetick-madness,
Hath now surprized me, in sober-sadness;
Which, how it seiz'd me, shall be here declar'd,
If any think it worthy of regard:
Nay, heard it shall be, since it is begot,
Whether regarded, or regarded not:
For, good to them, is equally intended,
Who, shall be therewith, pleased or offended,
If, quite insensible, they are not grown
Both of the publike welfare, and their own;
And, if well taken, this despised-bable,
Will hint some Notions not unprofitable.