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 will, which yields him such a mighty pleasure, that he can talk of nothing else but the lily whiteness: the is not so perfumed as she; and to describe her person, the riches of Mexico and Peru are far too mean to stand in competition with her; nay, all the dazzling jewels of the East must give way to superior lustre. But when they have drank of the richest wines, to recompence him for all his pains and charges, his mistress condescends to treat him by letting him taste the charming cherries of her coral lips, and suck from thence the fragrant breath that far exceeds Arabia's rich perfume; which wraps him in such pleasure, that the young spark imagines he is in heaven. And if the very way to matrimony be thus paved with delight, what must the end of it be? And truly, were it not so, do you think the country clown would plow and harrow, yet fling away his sickle and flail for the love of ? Or, would the tradesman leave his shop but for the pleasure that attends it? It is this makes the apprentice court his young mistress, and values not