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70. A Woman.
In that rich Language, which victorious Rome,Bequeath'd to those, Cæsars did overcome;
A Woman drew her name from Softness; 'cause
Mans brawny hardness they excell; by th'Lawes
Of benign Nature. Why so? 'tis well known,
Eve was not Adams Flesh, but his hard Bone.
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