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 our own King, who before his Accession to the Crown had signaliz'd himself for his Valour, and often hazarded his Life for the Defence of his Country, and after his Coronation improv'd the good Qualities he was before possess'd of, to the great Joy of his People. Tckbrff wish'd that their Government might be chang'd to that of the English, for he often bewail'd the miserable consequences of unlimited Power in a Sovereign.

then began to discourse about an Amour that was much talk'd of, between a Tabby Cat, and a black and white Lap-Dog, and it was believ'd that it wou'd be a Match, from the Similitude of their Intellects.

The Cat which was the Male, was a noted Fortune-hunter, and one that had as little pretensions to a Lady's Heart as any in the Kingdom of Qugns, if he was consider'd to be what he really was. He was one that laid out his small Fortune entirely upon his Cloaths, and contented himself with more ordinary Meals than an Irish Footman wou'd do, when he eat at his own Expence. He was a great Pretender to Wit and good Sense, tho' destitute of both: This I affirm on my own certain Knowledge of the Man, but others proceeded some what further, whose Censure I shall submit to the candid Reader. They said that he was a Coward and had broke off the Point of his Sword one Day under a Pretence of sharpening it; but those Gentlemen may be pleas'd to consider, that a Cat (whose Form Fribbigghe, for that was the Creature's Name) usurp'd, does sometimes, force its Nails into a Post in order to make them sharper, tho' it may by chance