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20 put on the table at his arrival; exposing to his view her fine ivory neck and lily bosom bare: And three hours after supper she counselled him to bed there to take his rest a while. Then, being both awake, he laid his hand upon the mount of Venus, and talked to her all the soft things which love could dictate to him; and when he, by such amoruus discourses, had wrought his spirits up to the highest pitch, then to fall on, and feast himself with love's delight. ful dainties. In short, the Doctor's counsel was observed to a nicety, and the success answered their expectation; and not themselves alone, but others too have found its officacious effects.

Now, tell me, all ye enemies to Marriage, what pleasure can a man imagine is greater than for a man thus to give his wife and himself a secret and mutual satisfaction. You will be apt to say, Are these all the pleasures of matrimony? I answer, No not one tenth part of them __ But my design is to delight, not to pursit you.

I shall next proceed to give a few words of advice to those who are married, and so conclude this delightful subject.