sk of Heaven its greatest Bliss
On Earth, it cou'd bestow not one like this.
After a Storm the Sun still shines most bright,
And from the Chaos sprung the purer Light._

Bon. _A Day like this sure yet has never been,
Wherein such various Changes e're were seen.
Fortune to Day that work'd my Overthrow,
Has made me happy in a Minute now.
Bless'd with a vertuous Wife my Days I'll spend,
And ne're trust Man, lest I mistake my Friend._

EPILOGUE,

Spoke by the City-Bride.

_You met with good Intention to be witty,
And rally the Grave Cuckolds of the City;
But disappointed of your Recreation,
I in your Looks can read the Play's Damnation.
Lord! how ye stare to find an honest Bride,
A thing you think a Monster in_ Cheapside.
_Whither you boast that you so often come,
And leave your footmen to perform at home.
Yet 'tis no little Comfort t' us howe're,
You oftner bring th' Estate than get the Heir.
Unjustly therefore you your Fortune blame,
She's kinder to your Blood that to your Name._

_After all this, I know you think it Pity,
That I shou'd break the Custom of the City:
I hear a Beau cry, 'tis some damn'd Mistaker;
A_ Cheap-side _Vertue, City Cuckold maker.
This is a Fault no Gentleman can pardon,
It gives_ Cheapside _the Sins of_ Covent-Garden:
_We must refine on Vice, and take new Measures,
Since dull chain'd Cits invade our darling Pleasures._

_Take my Advice, employ at home your Backs,
Or_ Locket's _Revels may revenge_ Pontack's:
_This Cuckolding to you's a losing Trade,
That pay for making, and for being made.
The Ladies will my Character excuse,
And not condemn a Vertue which they use._

_If any here be guilty of Transgression,
'Tis of Necessity, not Inclination:
They'd be contented in their proper Houses,
Cou'd they reform their unperforming Spouses.
Yet if some wanton Appetites there be,
How many are there that can fast like me.
Those are enow, if I have their Applause,
The Poet has his End, and I my Cause.

FINIS.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY

FIRST YEAR (1946-47)

Numbers 1-4 out of print.

5. Samuel Wesley's _Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry_ (1700) and
_Essay on Heroic Poetry_ (1693).

6. _Representation o