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upon FoOLLY. ai
more, for I had rather they fhould be told of
their Faults by Momus, who was wont for¬
merly to fting them with clofe Refle&ions,
till nettled by his Abufive Raillery, the
kick’d him out of Heaven. for. his SLICES
of daring to reprove ſuch as were beyond Cor¬
se€tion: And nowin his Banifhment from Hea¬
ven he finds but cold Entertainment here on
Earth, nay, is denied all Admittance into the
Court of Princes, where notwithftanding my
Handmaid Flattery finds a moft encouraging
Welcome: But this petulant Monitor being
thruſt out of Doors, the Gods can now more
freely Rant and Revel, and take their whole
Swinge of Pleaſure. Now the beaftly Priapus
may recreate himfelf without Contradi&ion in
Luft and Filthinefs j now the fly Mercury may,
without Diſcovery, go on in his Thieveries,
and nimble-finger’d Juggles ; the footy Vulcaz
may now renew his wonted Cuftom of making
the other Gods laugh by his Hopping fo limp¬
ingly, and coming off with fo many dry Jokes,
and biting Repartees. Sé/enws, the Old doting
Lover, to fhew his ASivity,. may now Dance
a Frisking Jig, and the Nymphs be at the
fame Sport Naked. The Goatifh Satyrs
[F1c. VIII.] may make up a merry Ball, and
Pan, the Blind Harper, may put up his Bag¬
pipes, and fing Bawdy Catches, to which the
Gods; efpecially when they are almoft Drunk,
ſhall give a. moſt profound: Attention. But
why ſhould I any farther rip open and expoſe
the Weaknefs of the Gods? A Weaknefs fo
Childifh and Abfurd, that no-Man can et the
fame time keep his Countenance, and make a
s Relation ¬