Miscellanea aurea: or, The golden medley : Consisting of I A voyage to the mountains of the moon .. II The fortunate shipwreck, or, A description of New Athens .. VII An account of bad and good women, ancient and modern Among which is the story of the Spartan dame, the subject of Mr Southern's play With several other epistolary essays in prose and verse: . hro halfthy Lewdnefs, weary of the Fatigue, left thiswicked Town, retird to aMonaftery, and turndNun. Let me advife thee, even for thy ownfake, to take the fame Courfe. Who knows butthat the brawny Fryars, or the fat jolly Monks,may, out of
Miscellanea aurea: or, The golden medley : Consisting of I A voyage to the mountains of the moon .. II The fortunate shipwreck, or, A description of New Athens .. VII An account of bad and good women, ancient and modern Among which is the story of the Spartan dame, the subject of Mr Southern's play With several other epistolary essays in prose and verse: . hro halfthy Lewdnefs, weary of the Fatigue, left thiswicked Town, retird to aMonaftery, and turndNun. Let me advife thee, even for thy ownfake, to take the fame Courfe. Who knows butthat the brawny Fryars, or the fat jolly Monks,may, out of pure Zeal to the faving of thy Soul,furnifli thee with a new Scene of Pleafure ? forthough thou art fo ilale here, that the ve-ry [4<5] ry Porters and Chair-men run on the other (Idethe Way wheneer they fee thee coming; thouwilt be to them a while, at leaft, a new Face :So have I feen a Drab, that had pafsd all theStations and Conditions of Whoredom, get intothe Play-houfe, and there pafs for a frefh Beau-ty. But I am tired with this odious Theme,for it is in vain to give thee good Advice,- fothat I wifli thy Cuckold may retrench thy Al-lowance fo low, that it may only aftbrd theeBread and Water, which perhaps may tame thyinfatiate Defires, and bring thee to rememberthat thou art mortal ; which are the hearty andiincere Wiflies of Tom. [47] LETTER IV. That every Man makes his own Fortune,A Paradox. Facit fuam quifque FortunaTiu To Mr. Wailfull, to be left at Wills Cojfee-houfe in Cornhill, London. Coujin Will, YOUR Letters are always fijll of yourComplaints of Fortune ; I am forry it isnot in my Power to redrefs the Injuries fhe doesyou: I am afraid you caft your own Dcfeds,and the Evils that flow from your own impru-dent Condud upon her ; for it is my Opinion,that few Men are unhappy, but by their ownFault: You are got into the Mart of the World,where good Fortune is daily purchased by theInduftrious and Careful. How many have wcknown in our Time, who, having tru
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