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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Ladies Delight, by Anonymous This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Ladies Delight Author: Anonymous Release Date: November 10, 2004 [EBook #14005] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LADIES DELIGHT *** Produced by David Starner, David Garcia and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE LADIES DELIGHT. CONTAINING, I. An Address to all _well provided_ HIBERNIANS; II. The ARBOR VITAE; or, Tree of Life. A Poem. Shewing whence it took it's _Root_, and has spread its _Leaves_ over all Christendom; being extremely useful to _Students_ in all _Branches_ of polite Literature. III. The Natural History of the ARBOR VITAE; or, The Tree of Life, in Prose; printed from the Original Manuscript. IV. RIDOTTO al' FRESCO. A Poem. Describing the Growth of this Tree in the famous _Spring Gardens_ at _Vaux-Hall_, under the Care of that ingenious _Botanist_ Doctor H----GG----R. * * * * * _RES est severa Voluptas_. * * * * * _LONDON_: Printed for _W. James_ in the _Strand_, 1732 [Price Six-pence.] * * * * * AN ADDRESS TO ALL _Well provided_ HIBERNIANS. _Gentlemen_, As Nature hath been so _very Indulgent_ to ye, as to stock your Gardens with _Trees_ of the _largest Growth_, for which Reason ye are caress'd, whilst Men of _less Parts_, tho' in _some Things_ more deserving, are laugh'd at, and excluded all Company. As all Infants, especially of the Female Sex, are much delighted with Fruit, so as their Years and other Appetites increase, no Wonder if that increases too. Both Men and Beasts have _some-thing_ or another, for which they are esteem'd; so ye being in a particular manner Happy in this _Talent_, may securely laugh, while ye daily _grow_ in the Ladies Favour, and spread your _Branches_ over all the Kingdom: Many a hopeful _Stick of Wood_ has been produc'd by this glorious Tree, who after they had _piss'd_ their Estates against the Wall (as the good Housewives term it) have by the Strength of true _Hibernian_ Prowess rais'd themselves to
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