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 7err, e-Filittr. immedia,e vicegerent,, or the minivers of the vili rightful governours, or ufurpers; mercifhl lets, or abominable tyrants, jua as they happen d to pIm or dilleafc them; tho' ir is worthy mark, that ,o monarchs ever feem'd to pieaFe them fo well as thok who difpleafed all their fubjeOs be- fides; for whenever they were not the peculiar ourites of the on, the Cron never r right upon his or her head who wore it: to adjua which oricvance, they n)ade it their butine to talk trea- n from morning to night, and fpirit up their neighbo.rs to rebellion; tbr being women, they knew tbeir petticoats would prote them, take what liberties they pleas'd. In Religion they were as whimfical and as pofitiw as in politicks5 rometimes they would be of on [eligi. n, and rometimes of another, ira5 as it cama into their old crazy noddies; but were alway violent in th defence of that which at any time they pro- left'd, and implacable again thole who oppos',' ilarring, bmning, and glbetting, one year, all petforts holding fuch opi-nions, and the next year, perhap f=ring all thole in te time manner, who did not hold the very time opinions. in this vexatious and mihievous courk hav there our reverend old mothers conrinu'd for feveral centuries, wnngling themfelves about trifles, and fetung. mankind together by the ears about pemnent quarrels and altercations. I cannot find that either of them were ever 'd, tho' they would perfuade rome. vifionary peoo at they are, both marry'd very well to a perton whom I don t care to name i which I know to b faire, the fiid perfort having long tince taken ano- ther holy lady to x;ife, who has prov'd but a bad �pou�e to htm and ! don tthtnk he would en�ou rage lolgag. Married or not marry'd, they ham

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