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In the first of these Lines he gives him the T———y, and in the last suggests that he should not long possess that Honour.

That Thalestris is the D———s of M———gh, appears both by her Nearness to Belinda, and by this Author's malevolent Suggestion, that she is a Lover of War.

To Arms, to Arms, the bold Thalestris cries.

But more particularly in several Passages in her Speech to Belinda, upon the cutting off the Lock, or Treaty. Among other things she says, Was it for this you bound your Locks in Paper Durance? Was it for this so much Paper has been spent to secure the Barrier Treaty?

Methinks already I your Tears survey,
Already hear the horrid things they say;
Already see you a degraded Toast.

This describes the Aspersions under which that good Princess suffer'd, and the Repentance which must have followed the Dissolution of that Treaty, and particularly levels at the Refusal some People made to drink her M———y's Health.

Sir Plume (a proper Name for a Soldier) has all the Circumstances that agree with P———ce Eu———ne.

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