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LXXXVI
TO BASSA
[From Martial, Lib. 1. Ep. 90.]
That I ne're saw thee in a Coach with Man,Nor thy chast Name in wanton Satyr met;
That from thy Sex thy liking never ran,
So as to suffer a Male-servant yet.
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But, Bassa, thou the while a Tribas wert,
And clashing ------, with a prodigious Crime,
Didst act of Man th'inimitable part.
What Odipus this Riddle can untye?
Without a Male, there was Adultery.
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