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HOW vile are the Sordid Intrigues of the Town, Cheating and Lying continually sway; From Bully and Punk, to the Politick Gown, In Plotting and Sotting, they waste the Day: All their Discourse is of Foreign Affairs, The French and the Wars is always the cry; Marriage alas is declining, Nay, tho' a poor Virgin lies pining, Ah Curse of this Jarring, what luck have I.

I hop'd a rich Trader by Ogling Charms, Into my Conjugal Fetters to bring; I planted my snare too, for one lov'd Arms, But found his design was another thing: From the Court Province, down to the dull Cites, Both Cully and Wits of Marriage are shy; Marriage alas is declining, Nay, tho a poor Virgin lies pining, Ah pox of the Mounsieur, what luck have I.