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Good Advice.

I

Prithee leave this idle Tale;
Spend not all these Sighs in vain;
If at last you can't prevail,
Curse her Pride, and break her chain.

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II

Were She the only One remaining
Of her dear deceitful sex;
I should not blame you for complaining,
'Twould an Aristotle vex.

III

But since Women up and down
(Thanks to Heav'n) are found in plenty.
Ne'er regret the loss of One,
When you will, you may have Twenty.