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What means the bag-wig, and the foldier-like air,
On the tradefman obfequious and meek?

Sure Sabbaths were meant for retirement and pray'r
To amend the past faults of the week.

The youth, to whom battles and dangers belong,
May call a fierce look to his aid;

Lace, blufter, and oaths, and a sword an ell long,
Are famples he gives of his trade :

But you, on whom London indulgently fmiles,
And whom counters fhould guard from all ills,
Should flily invade with Humility's wiles,
Let fplendor deter us from bills.

Old Gresham, whofe ftatue adorns the Exchange,
Difplays the grave cit to our view,

And filently frowns at a conduct so strange,
So remote from your int'refts and you:

Then learn from his gesture, grave, decent, and plain,
To copy fair Prudence's rules;

For Frugality's garb will conceal your vaft gain,
And fecure ye the plunder of fools.

The ease of a court, and the air of a camp,
Are graces no cit can procure ;

Monfieur Jourdain ftill plods in the Spitalfields

tramp,

Nor can Hart† the grown aukwardness cure:

* Vide Moliere's Gentleman Citizen.

A dancing mafter in the city.

Thus

Thus if, apes of the fashion, St. James's you croud,
And prefs onwards, in fpite of all stops,

The Mall you may fill, and be airy and loud,
But, trust me, you'll ne'er fill your shops.

ON THE TEMPLARS.

As by the Templars holds you go,
The horse and lamb difplay'd,

In emblematic figures fhew

The merits of their trade.

The client may infer from thence,
How juft is their profeffion;
The lamb fets forth their innocence,
The horfe their expedition.

O happy Britons, happy ifle!
Let foreign nations fay,

Where you get Juftice without guile,
And law without delay.

THE

THE ANSWER.

DELUDED men, these holds forego,
Nor truft fuch cunning elves;
Thefe artful emblems tend to fhew
Their clients, not themfelves.

'Tis all a trick, thefe are all fhams,
By which they mean to cheat you;
But have a care, for you're the lambs,
And they the wolves that eat you.

Nor let the thoughts of no delay,

To these their courts mifguide you ; 'Tis you're the showy horfe, and they The jockyes that will ride you.

A DESCRIPTION OF LONDON.

HOUSES, churches, mixt together,
Streets unpleafant in all weather,
Prisons, palaces contiguous,

Gates, a bridge, the Thames irriguous.

Gaudy things enough to tempt ye,

Showy outfides, infides empty;

Bubbles,

Bubbles, trades, mechanic arts,
Coaches, wheelbarrows, and carts.

Warrants, bailiffs, bills unpaid,
Lords of laundresses afraid :

Rogues that nightly rob and fhoot men,
Hangmen, aldermen, and footmen.

Lawyers, poets, priefs, phyficians,
Noble, fimple, all conditions;

Worth, beneath a thread-bare cover,
Villainy, bedaub'd all over.

Women, black, red, fair, and grey,
Prudes, and fuch as never pray;
Handfome, ugly, noify, ftill,

Some that will not-more that will.

Many a beau without a fhilling,
Many a widow not unwilling;
Many a bargain, if you strike it,
This is London !-How d'ye like it?

DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN.

MASS-HOUSES, churches, mixt together;
Streets unpleafant in all weather;

The

The church, the four courts, and hell contiguous; Caftle, College-green, and Custom-house gibbous.

Few things here are to tempt ye,
Tawdry outfides, pockets empty;

Five theatres, little trade, and jobbing arts,
Brandy, and snuff-shops, poft-chaises, and carts.

Warrants, bailiffs, bills unpaid,

Masters of their fervants afraid;

Rogues that daily rob and cut men,
Patriots, gamefters, and footmen.

Lawyers, revenue-officers, priests, physicians,
Beggars of all ranks, age, and conditions;
Worth scarce shows itfelf upon the ground,
Villainy both with applause and profit crown'd.

Women lazy, dirty, drunken, loofe,

Men in labour flow, of wine profufe ;
Many a scheme that the public must rue it :
This is Dublin-if ye knew it.

A SKETCH OF PARIS.

LADIES, whofe drefs, wit, fprightlinefs, and air, Charm, till their plaister'd cheeks like spectres fcare;

Men,

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