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Show tLi « - • • >» « * To the Honourable Mr. Charles SIR, H E R E ' S no Condition can fubfift whollyupon it felf: And I am bound to depend, as every Man, more or lefs, is, upon the Favour of the World, to carry him thro' the trou-blefome Journey of this Life: N o r do I think it my Misfortune to wait upon a Great Man's riling fometimes, to put him in mind of me. While I can keep myfeifout of the neceflity of flattering Fools, I fhall not very much repine at m y Condition. I'm fure I'm fafe here, becaufe you are fafe every where: And when a c o m m o n Con-fent encourages an Opinion, I fhall hardly be. thought HI the wrong, to do as other People do. Sir, when Poetry becomes a Man's Bufinefs, 'twill hardly prove another Man's Diverfion: Tho9 •A 3 a 57771 Boyl |