To His Ingenious Friend Mr. H.

Care: On his Pains in Translating, and Refining this quaint Discourse of Female Pre eminence. 'Tis bravely done, dear Friend! thus to Engage For the Fair Sex, in this detracting Age, When vip'rous Tongues so virulently throwe Veno e at thise to who their !ives they owe, And each base Fopp poor Wo ens "udge doth sit, Who thin#s $ailing at the proves hi a Wit, And there%ore &a s 'u , They'r all Whores, hee'l cry, Though's 'other and his Sister both stand by( )or want there S*uires o'th' +uill to wound their )a e, And with %oul ,n# -espatter their bright Fa e. -ut as when $oyal /h0bus shews his Face, Those Sporads vanish which usurpt his place1 So all these blac#2 outh'd screeching -irds o% )ight, And by your -oo# put to eternal Flight( 3our -oo#1 For what you odestly do call Translation, i% with the 4riginal ,t be co par'd, 'twill easily be #nown, That the %ar better part on it is your own. 3ou adde, correct, and so the Whole $e%ine, That 'tis no ore Agrippa's now, but thine1 5e laid the /lot, but you the !anguage bring, And giv't a &ress as glorious as the Spring( 6hoice Words co pos'd in /eriods, that surpri7e The Ear with ost har onious 6adencies, Such char ing stile, which France it sel% ad ir'd, Was thought t'have vanisht when !ove2&ay expir'd1 4ur English /rose see 'd sun# ever since then, -ut now there's hopes you'l -uoy it up agen( For such %air -losso es in your 3outh, presage )o co on Fruit %ro your aturer Age. -ut what dost ai at8 9%or , ust pro%ess, ,n this Atte pt, 'twill pu77le one to guess: Weary o% retail2!ove, by this &esign, &ost thou intend to 6ourt all Wo an#ind8 T' ingross their Favour, and a bitiously, A%%ect !oves universal 'onarchy8 4r do thy %la es which to so e one Aspire, Transport thee, the whole Sex thus to ad ire8 What e're it be unto thy pains and wit, All !adies ust con%ess the selves in &ebt1 And to thee, whence such 4rna ent they %ind, They'r ost ungrate%ull i% they prove not #ind. Their Snow2white 5ands thy welco e -oo# shall hold,

And so eti es wrap't up in so e sil#en Fold, ,n their sweet -oso es su%%er it to $est, 9Ah! who'l not envy it when 'tis so -lest8: