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upon FOLEY, Foolifh ; for under what more proper Appellation can the Goddefs Folly greet her Devores? But fince there are few acquainted with my Family and Original, I'll now give you fome Account of my Extraction. First then, my Father was neither the Chaos, nor Hell, nor Saturn, nor Fupiter, nor any of thoſe old, worn out, Grandfire Gods, but Plutus, the very ſame that, Maugre Homer, Heſiod, nay, in fpight of Fove himſelf, was the primary Father of the Uni: Religion and? Civil Policy, have been fucceflively Unéermined and Re-eftablifhed by whofe powérful Influence War, Peace, Empire, Debates, Juttice, Magiftracy, Marriage,. Leagues; Compacts, Laws, Arts, (I’ve almoft run myſelf out of Breath, but) in a Word, all Affairs of Church and State, and Bufinefs of private Concern, are feverally Ordered and Adminiftred; without whofe Affiftance all the Poets Gang of Deities, nay, Imay be fo bold as to fay the very Major-domo’s of Heaven, would either dwindle into nothing, or at leaft be confined to their refpective Homes, without any Ceremonies of Devotional Addrefs : Whom he combats with as an Enemy nothing can be Armour-proof againft his Af ffaults ; and whoſoever he fides With as
