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Rh To some wise statesman let us go, Where each his proper use may know: He may admit two such commanders, And make those wait who serv'd in Flanders. Let's quarter on a great man's tongue, A treas'ry lord, not master Y——g. Obsequious at his high command, Ay shall march forth to tax the land. Impeachments No can best resist, And Ay support the Civil List: Ay, quick as Cæsar wins the day; And No, like Fabius, by delay. Sometimes, in mutual sly disguise, Let Ayes seem Noes, and Noes seem Ayes; Ayes be in courts denials meant, And Noes in bishops give consent. Thus Ay proposed — and for reply No for the first time answer'd Ay. They parted with a thousand kisses, And fight e'er since for pay, like Swisses. . XVII.