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will which yields him fuch a mighty

pleafure, that he can talk of nothing elfe

but the purple violet the blufhing ,

and the lily white the phenix

is not perfumed as fhe; and to

her perfon, the Mexico and Pe-

ru are far too to ftand

tion with her; nay all the dazzling

jewele of the muft give way to her

. But when they have

dra k of the {illegible}} wine, to recom-

pence him for all his pains and charges,

his miftrefs condefends to treat him by

letting him tafte the charming cherries of

her coral lips and luck from thence the

fragrant breath that far exceeds, Arabia's

rich perfume; which wraps him in fuch

pleafure. that the park imagines

he is in heaven. And if the very way to

matrimony be thus paved with delight,

what muft the end of it be ? And truly

were it not fo do you think the country

clown would plough and harrow yet fling

away his fickle and for the love of

Amarilla ? Or would the

leave his fhop but for the pleafures that

attend ? It is this makes the apprentice

court in hugger-mugger, and values not