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THE

PETTICOAT

AN

Heroi-Comical Poem.

Book I.

Sed me vel Tellus optem Prius Ima dehiscat,
Ante, Pudor! quam te Violo, aut tua Jura resolvo, Virg.

Ince in such odd Fantastick Times as these,
All Female Toys the roving Fancy please,
Apollo thinks his Servants much to blame,
To let the Fan exceed the Rest in Fame;

With