in that pathetic fpeech of Perfeus, O Cupid! prince of God and men, &c. Every man almost spoke pure iambics the next pure to day, and talk'd of nothing put Perfeus his pathetic addrefs-"O Cupid! prince "of God and men"-in every fireet of Abdera, in every houfe- "O Cupid! 'Cupid!"-in every mouth, like the natural notes of fome fweet melody which drops from it whether it will or nonothing but "Cupid! Cupid! prince of "God and men"-The fire caught-and the whole city, like the heart of one man, open'd itself to Love.

No pharmacopolift could fell one grain of helebore-not a fingle armourer had a heart to forge one inftrument of death

Friendship and Virtue met together, and kifs'd each other in the freet-the golden age return'd, and hung over the town of Abdera-every Abderite took

his oaten pipe, and every Abderitifh woman left her purple web, and chaftely fat her down and listen'd to the fong.

'Twas only in the power, fays the Fragment, of the God whofe empire extendeth from heaven to earth, and even to the depths of the fea, to have done this.

A

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MONTRIUL.

f

WHEN all is ready, and

every article is difputed and paid for in the inn, unlefs you are a little four'd by the adventure, there is always a matter to compound at the door, before you can get into your chaife; and that is with the fons and daughters of poverty, who furround you. Let no man fay, "let them "go to the devil" 'tis a cruel journey to fend a few miferables, and they have had fufferings enough without it: I always think it better to take a few fous out in my hand; and I would counfel every gentle traveller to do fo likewise; he need not be fo exact in fetting down his motives for giving them-they will be register'd elfewhere.

For

For my own part,

there is no man.

gives fa little as I do; for few that I

know have fo little to give but as this was the first publick act of my charity in France, I took the more notice of it.

A well-a-way! faid I. I have but eight fous in the world, fhewing them in my hand, and there are eight poor men and eight poor women for 'em.

A poor tatter'd foul without a fhirt on inftantly withdrew his claim, by retiring two fteps out of the circle, and making a difqualifying bow on his part. Had the whole parterre cried out: Place aux Dames! with one voice, it would not have conveyed the fentiment of a deference for the fex with half the effect.

Juft heaven! for what wife reafons haft thou order'd it, that beggary and urbanity

urbanity, which are at fuch variance in other countries, fhould find a way to be at unity in this?

-I infifted upon presenting him with a fingle fous, merely for his politeffe.

A poor little dwarfish brifk fellow, who flood over-against me in the circle, putting fomething firft under his arm, which had once been a hat, took his fnuff-box out of his pocket, and generoufly offer'd a pinch on both fides of him it was a gift of confequence, and modeftly declined-The poor little fellow prefs'd it upon them with a nod of welcomeness-Prenés en prenés, faid he, looking another way; fo they each took a pinch-Pity thy box fhould ever want one! faid I to myfelf; fo I put a couple of fous into it-taking a finall pinch out óf his box, to enhance their value, as I