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An EPIGRAM.
[Suppose two Patriots in Debate]
Suppose two Patriots in Debate,Deciding of Affairs of State;
The one thinks all our Measures right,
And to the Skies extols the Knight:
The other, full of Doubts and Fears,
Complains of Taxes, Debts, Arrears;
Grudges the Hessian Troops their Pay,
Nor minds what Hare and Horace say;
Curses the Treaties, one and all,
Distrusts the very Cardinal.
How shall we end this great Dispute;
Where both Sides argue, both confute?
Why, send for Scroop, and let him bring,
A Sample of his Reasoning.
Remarks, Enquiries, Observations,
And even Osborn's Demonstrations:
Not half so clear a Light afford,
As from Scroop's Mouth a single Word.
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