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( 2 ) THE HISTORY OF DREAMS, &c.

I. Advice to all Bachelors., Maids, Widowers, Widows, &c.

LOVE is a mixture of pleaſure and pain, hopes and fears, &c yet it is coveted and purſued by all; and though the female ſex seem coy, and ſtand at a diſtance proteſting many times againſt love, and that they will never marry, this is all pure diſſimulation, for take my word on't they are more deſirous than men as, their pleaſure in the enjoyment of a marriage bed exceeds their's: Therefore in making love, never mind denials, for their hearts ſeldom go with their tongues; they are often eager for what they ſeem to flight and refuſe; and they would not have you believe them when they deny you, for as the ſong goes,

Pretty shame fac'd ,

to hide her fled the green,

But when among the willows,

she peep'd out to be ſeen, &c.

But in this caſe ther is a method