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The poetical and dramatic works of Sir Charles Sedley

Collected and Edited from the Old Editions: With a preface on the text, explanatory and textual notes, an appendix containing works of doubtful authenticity, and a bibliography: By V. de Sola Pinto

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LXXV
TO BITHINICUS

[From Martial,] Lib. 2. Ep. [26].

That thy Wife coughs all Night, and spits all Day;
Already thou believ'st thy Fortune made,
Her whole Estate thou think'st thy suddain Prey;
She will not dye, but wheedles like a Jade.