An essay in defence of the female sex / In which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. in a letter to a lady.

by active 1696-1707 Judith Drake; Mary Astell

To your Correction freely we submit,

Who teach us Modesty, as well as Wit.

Our Sex with Blushes must your Conquest own,

While yours prepare the Garlands you have won.

Your Fame secure long as your Sex shall last,

Nor Time, nor Envy shall your Lawrels blast.

James Drake.

The Reader is desir’d to excuse, and correct all Literal Escapes, and to amend the following thus.

Errata:

Page [4]. l. 10. for Engenia, read Eugenia, p. [10]. l. 22. for that, read the, p. [28]. l. 16. for Mammy, read Mummy. p. [29]. l. 13. for change, read chance. p. [32]. l. 4. for Repetion, read Repetition, p. [53]. l. 4. for Essay, read Esop. p. [53]. l. 13 for Messieurs, read Sieurs. p. [60]. l. 2. read upon us. p. [84]. l. 1. for and these, read these. p. [103]. l. 23. for little read little. p. [111]. l. 12, for ocsicaons, read occasions. p. [113]. l. 1 for Master, read Mastery. p. [126]. l. 20. for as well, read as well as. p. [143]. l. 9. for inspire, read inspires.