Let him but fend his Wife, if pritty,
Or Daughter that's but young and witty,
As long as Cs the Sd reigns,
He need not fear to gain his Ends;
For he, good Prince, could ne'er deny
The Petticoat, good reason why,
Because as he himself does own,
He loves a Lady 'bove a Crown,
Thefe Lady Punks, that like the Sport;
Are th' only fhining Lamps at Court,
Who, by the use of Copulation,
Bring Wh--ing daily into fashion,
That none approach the R-1 Prefence,
But with fuch am'rous acquiefcence,
That he who asks another's Bride
To lay her Modesty aside,
Need never fear to be deny'd. n.
For fince the greatest Courtiers ufe it,
Tis thought ill Breeding to refufe it.
They take Example by the T---e,
And make their M's Vice their own;
The City borrow't from the Court,
And hand it to the common Sort;
Till thus, by Ape-like Imitation,
Love fpreads his Wings o'er all the Na-
Where nothing thrives, we plainly fee,'
But P---ry, P--x, and V---ry,
Till London is as famous grown,
For W----m, (G-d preserve the T---)
As Sodom was for their provoking
G-d's Vengeance, by their backward po-
(king,
Befides these Ladies of the Sport,
Whofe Luft inflames the B---y Court,
And makes a Brothrel of a Palace,
Where Harlots ply, as many tells us,
Like Brimftones in a Whetstone Ale-
(house, There are a Crowd of fawning P---s,
Which R---y calls his Minifters,
C 3
Who manage with fuch Craft and Care,
They fit their M----h to a Hair;
Affift him in his coftly S----,
But make him pay for their contriving;
Project fuch cunning Ways and Shifts,
To help him out at all dead Lifts;
That when they have fupply'd his
(Wants,
Themfelves may beg the larger Grants:
Thus by ill Means th' enrich his Trea-
(fure,
Then pick his Pocket at their leifure.
So those who fpunge upon a Friend,
Who is too free to Spend and lend,
When at a pinch (if not bereft
Of all, but ftill has fomething left)
They'll raise him Money on his Credit,
That they may share it as they need it.
The chief of these was crafty C---Y, Who first advis'd the King to marry
To K--e of Lisbone, who had got
No Catch to her unfruitful Spot,
In hopes his pretty blooming D---
May come to be a
Or that her Iffue may at least,
Be of the in time poffeft.
This cunning Machiavelian Cuff,
Tho' he himself is wife enough,
Yet he advises honeft R---y,
To many a strange unk---like Folly,
Indulges him in loose Amours,
And raises Money for his W----, Rather than he fhou'd fend back Kate, And marry with a fruitful Mate, Whofe Race his B--d may disappoint, And put their Nofes out of Joint.
So Junior Brothers love to fee
Their Seniors without Progeny,
Because they hope that they or theirs
May prove their Elder Brother's Heirs.
But Cy, who hath long ingroft
His Prince, and e'ery gainful Post,
That Merit without his Confent,
Can never rife in Government,
At laft is glad to quit his Hold,
For what he'as faid,and what he'as fold.
Is forc'd in spite of----his Son,
To take his Farewel of the Throne,
And from the Land to fly by stealth,
'Into a much worse Commonwealth.
Leaving the noble House he built,
As a proud Witness of his Guilt,
Whofe coftly Walls were rais'd, 'tis faid,
By French Piftoles for Dunkirk paid;
And fince it breaks old C---'s Heart,
To think that C----s and he fhould part,
The fam'd Efcureal is decreed,
(In hopes to pleafe the Factious Breed)
To fall e'relong a Sacrifice,
That from its Ruins there may arise,
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