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upon FOLLY. x her within the narrow Limits of a Definition, whofe Nature is of fo diffufive an Extent, or to mangle and disjoin that, to the Adoration whereof all Nations unitedly concur. Befidc, to what Purpofe is it to lay down a Definition for a faint Refemblance, and meer Shadow of me, while appearing here Perfonally you may view-me at a’more certain Light 2? And if your Eyefight fail not, you may at firft Blufli’ difcern me to be her whom the Grecks term Meia the Latins Stultitia. Bur why need I have been fo Impertinént as to have told you this, as if my very Looks did not fufficiently betray what I am ; or pppoe any be fo credulous as to take mé for fome Sage Matron or Goddefs of° Wifdom, [F1 e. II.] as if a fingle glance from me would not immediately corre& their Miflake, while my Vifage, the exact reflex of my Soul, would fupply and fuperfede the Trouble of any other Confeffions: For I appear alway in’ my Natural Colours, and an Unartificial Drefs,. and never let my Face pretend one thing, and my Heart conceal ‘another : Nay, and in all Things I am fo trie to my Princiles, that I cannot be’ fo much as counterfeited, even by thofe who challenge the Name of Wats, yet indeed are no better than Jack- — anapes’s, “trick’d up in gawdy Cloaths, and © es Ltrutting in Lzons Skins $ and how cunningly foe’er they carry It, their long Lars {F16. HI.] appear, and betray what they are: Thefe in troth are very Rude and Difingenuous, for while they apparently belong to my © Party, yet among the Vulgar they are fo a Li bg
