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Title: The Ladies Delight

Author: Anonymous

Release Date: November 10, 2004 [EBook #14005]

Language: English

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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.

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_RES est severa Voluptas_.

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_LONDON_:

Printed for _W. James_ in the _Strand_, 1732

[Price Six-pence.]

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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