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per IE en BE: To A PANEGY RICK Pil give you in ſhort. This, who goes with & mincing Gate, and holds up her Head fo high, is Self-Love. She that looks fo Spruce, and makes fuch a Noiſe and! Buftle,- is Flattery. That other, which fits hum-drum, as if fhe were half afleep, is call’d Forgetfulnefs. She that leans on her Elbow, and fometimes yawningly ftretches out her Arms, is Lazineft. This that wears a_plighted Garland of Flowers, and fmells fo Perfumed, is Pleaſure. "The other, which appears in fo ſmooth a Skin, and pampered-up Flefh, is Senfuality.. She that flares fo wildly, and rouls: about her Eyes, 1s Madneſs. As to thofe Two Gods whom you: fee playing among the Laffes.the Name of the one is 7%temperance, the other Sound Sleep. By the Help and Service of this Retinue f bring all Things under the Verge of my Power, lording it over the greateft Kings and Potentates. You have now heard of my Defcent, my Education, and my Attendance ; thaf I may not be taxed as prefumptuous in borrowing the Title of a Goddeſs, I come now in the next Place to acquaint you what obliging Favours I every where beſtow, and how largely my Jurisdiftion extends: For if, as one has ingenuoufly noted, to be a God is no other than to be a Benefastor to Mankind; and if they have been thought defervedly Deified who have Invented the Ufe of Wine, Corn; or any other Convenience for the Well-being of Mortals, why may not I juftiy bear the Van among the whole Troop of Gods, who in
