We observe in the very Beginning of the Poem, that Ariel is possess'd of the Ear of Belinda; therefore it is absolutely necessary that this Person must be the Minister who was nearest the Queen. But whoever would be further convinced, that he meant the late T———r, may know him by his Ensigns in the following Line.
He rais'd his Azure Wand.———
His sitting on the Mast of a Vessel shows his presiding over the S———th S———a Tr———de. When Ariel assigns to his Sylphs all the Posts about Belinda, what is more clearly described, than the Tr———r's disposing all the Places of the Kingdom, and particularly about her M———y? But let us hear the Lines.
The flutt'ring Fan be Zephyretta's Care;
The Drops to thee, Brillante, we consign,
And, Momentilla, let the Watch be thine;
Do thou, Crispissa, tend her fav'rite Lock.
He has here particularized the Ladies and Women of the Bed-Chamber, the Keeper of the Cabinet, and her M———y's Dresser, and impudently given Nick-names to each.
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