Marrying their cousins—nay, their aunts, and nieces,
Which always spoils the breed, if it increases.
LVIII.
This heathenish cross restored the breed again,
Ruined its blood, but much improved its flesh;
For from a root the ugliest in Old Spain
Sprung up a branch as beautiful as fresh;
The sons no more were short, the daughters plain:
But there's a rumour which I fain would hush,[L]
'T is said that Donna Julia's grandmamma