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��Anne BradJlreeVs Worhs.

��Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are

Men have precedency and ftill excell,

It is but vain unjuftly to wage warre;

Men can do belt, and women know it well

Preheminence in all and each is yours;

Yet grant fome fmall acknowledgement of ours.

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And oh ye high flown quills that foar the Skies, And ever with your prey ftill catch your praife. If e're you daigne thefe lowly lines your eyes Give Th3aTie or^' Parfley wreath, I ask no bayes. This mean and unrefined ure ' of mine Will make you gliftring gold, but more to fliine. *

f'- Give wholfome. ^ ftuffe.


 * The initials, "A. B.," are appended in the first edition.

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