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All arm themselves with Ammunition Books,
Contract their Brows, and Threaten with their Looks:
One with vindictive Hand light Durfy shakes;
Another, Wycherly more weighty, takes;
A Third tore Westly from the Dusty Wood,
Where long untouch'd the Mouldy Epic stood;
A fourth Up-heaves a leaden Basnage high,
Stuff'd with Rabbinical Philosophy.
Lo, a tremendous Typhon Guards the Front,
With Enterprizing L———t's Name upon't.
Oh! had'st thou, Mighty Nurse of Dulness, liv'd
I'th' bright Augustan Age, we had receiv'd
The Bavian Works entire; Mævius by Thee
Had been Immortal as ^[1]The Hollow Tree.

The Absent Biblio's Prentice strives in vain,
Their more than Gothick Madness to restrain.

1. A Comedy printed for B———d L———t

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