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Parcius junctas quatiunt fenestras Ictibus crebris juvenes protervi; Nec tibi somnos adimunt: amatque Rh

No more shall frolick youth advance In serenade, and am'rous dance; Redoubling stroke no more shall beat Against thy window and thy gate; In idle sleep now lie secure, And never be unbarr'd thy door.

SIR,

ARRIVED here yesterday, and I am now ready to obey your commands. I hope you are come to a positive resolution concerning the history. You need not hesitate about the dates, or the references which are to be made to any publick papers; for I can supply them without the least trouble. As well as I remember, there is but one of those publick pieces, which you determined should be inserted at length; I mean sir Thomas Hanmer's representation; this I have now by me. If you incline to publish the two tracts as an appendix to the history, you will be pleased to see if the character given of the earl of Oxford in the pamphlet of 1715 agrees with the character