IN THE MOON.
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365 And set their Hands, and Seals, and Wit
T'attest the Truth of what th’had writ;
When this accurst Phænomenon
Confounded all th' had said or done,
For 'twas no sooner hinted at,
370 But th' all were in a Tumult strait,
More furiously enrag'd by far,
Than those that in the Moon made War,
To find so admirable a Hint,
When they had all agreed t’have feen't,
375 And were engag'd to make it out,
Obstructed with a paultry Doubt.
When one, whose Talk was to determin,
And solve th’Appearances of Vermin;
Wh' had made profound Discoveries
380 In Frogs, and Toads, and Rats, and Mice;
(Tho' not so curious, 'tis true,
As many a wise Rat-catcher knew)
After he had with Signs made Way
For something great he had to say
385 This Disquisition
Is, half of it, in my Discission:
For, though the Elephant, as Beast,
Belongs of Right to all the rest,
T'attest the Truth of what th’had writ;
When this accurst Phænomenon
Confounded all th' had said or done,
For 'twas no sooner hinted at,
370 But th' all were in a Tumult strait,
More furiously enrag'd by far,
Than those that in the Moon made War,
To find so admirable a Hint,
When they had all agreed t’have feen't,
375 And were engag'd to make it out,
Obstructed with a paultry Doubt.
When one, whose Talk was to determin,
And solve th’Appearances of Vermin;
Wh' had made profound Discoveries
380 In Frogs, and Toads, and Rats, and Mice;
(Tho' not so curious, 'tis true,
As many a wise Rat-catcher knew)
After he had with Signs made Way
For something great he had to say
385 This Disquisition
Is, half of it, in my Discission:
For, though the Elephant, as Beast,
Belongs of Right to all the rest,
Poet's Whim—The Word Discission is spelled in this fanciful Way, I suppose, with a punning Allusion to the Character of this philosophical Cutter-up of Rats, Mice, &c.
430.
