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Show [ 6 ] 'Jam mcechw Rom£, jam mallet doEtus Athenis Vivere ; Vertumnis, quotquot Junt, natus iniquis. Scurr a Volanerius, pojlquam illi jufla chiragra Contudit articulus, qui pro fe tolleret, atque Mitteret in phimum talos, mercede diurna ConduEtum pavit : quanta conflantior idem In vitiis, tanto levi1ls m!fer ac prior ilia, ff<.!fi jam contento, jam laxo June labor~t. 15 20 H. Non [ 7 ) To Sermons heard on Extra-days. Debtor : To mafquerades and plays. Item : To Whitfield, ll.alf an hour : Per Contra: To the C9lonel, Four. ·Others, I fay, pafs half their time In Folly, )dlenefs or Crime; Then all at once their zeal grows warm, And ev'ry throat refounds Reform. A Lord his youth in cv'ry vice Indulg'd, but chief in Drabs and Dice. Till worn by age, difeafe, and gout : Then Nature modell:ly gave out. Not fo my Lord---- who fl:ill, by proxy, Play' d with his. darling Dice and Doxy. I laud this Confl:ant Wretch's fl:ate And pity all who fluCtuate ; Prefer this !lave to dear Back-gammon, To thofe who ferve both God and Mammon : ' 35 40 To thofe who take fuch pains to awe +5 The Nation's vices by the Law, Yet while they draw their bills fo ample, Neglect the influence of Example. |