the latter; or in case of Necessity, may turn his own Pope, as
Monsieur _de Cros_ did: But a Wife is not to be discarded at that
easie rate. 'Tis not the old Gentleman with the Cross-Keys and
Triple-Crown, but with the Scythe and Hour-glass that can free a Man
from his Spouse, and set him at liberty.

_I had too much Advantage on my side_, p. 22. _to change the Frock for
the Petticoat I have chose, not to do it._ Well this plain Consession
makes amends for all. What was pretended a little before, _viz._ That
_some Years were passed before I had any Inclinations to a Petticoat_,
was spoke by the Politician: But here the true, the sincere, the
undebauched Monk speaks, who owns he would have taken up a Petticoat
much sooner, but only was looking sharp out all this while for one
that was well fringed with _Advantages_. And now as there are
abundance of Husbands in the World, who as soon as their Wives happen
to be mentioned in Company, cannot forbear to enlarge upon their
several Perfections and Vertues; so it fares with Monsieur _de Cros_,
for now he is got into his _Petticoat_, he will never have done. _'Tis
a Petticoat_, continues he, _d'une etoffe d' Ecosse, of Scotch Cloth,
which has been of far greater Ornament and Service to the Crown of_
England, _than even Sir_ W. T. himself. Since his Petticoat has done
such rare Exploits, by my Consent let Monsieur _de Cros_ write a
Panegyrick upon it. But by the bye this is a very figurative way of
Writing; and therefore, though I don't understand it, I hope there may
be some meaning in the bottom. _If he does not know so much already_,
p. 26. _the History of the last Transactions in_ England _and_
Scotland _will better inform him._ Here we are referr'd again to a
_Hans en Kelder_ of a History, which when it will be mid-wifed into
the World the Lord knows. But I wonder extremely why he wou'd
condescend so low to compare his useful Petticoat to Sir _W. T._ as
why in another place _p. 8._ he tells us that the _Dutch_ Minister who
forwarded the Triple-League, surpassed Sir _W. T._ in Prudence. A very
sorry Complement this, both to his serviceable Petticoat and to his
prudent _Dutch_ Minister, if as he pretends, _p. 62._ Sir _W. T._ was
taken abroad _pour dupe_, for a Cully.

_I will not say any more of this Matter_, continues Mounsieur _de
Cros_, p. 22. _because I have no mind to engage my self to publish the
Misfortunes and Disorders of Sir_ W. T's _Family_. Methinks he might
ha