“Like Saul’s fair daughters, as by Cowley sung; Not from a monarch, but a yeoman sprung.” (O.M.)
after l. 113:
Who gazed at Jane saw Wonder and Delight; Who looked on Lucy blessd the pleasing Sight.
The Air of Lucy her Admirers held In pleasing Bondage; that of Jane repell’d. (M.)
after l. 119:
Lucy not often could those Looks command, But had the sober praise and offered Hand; For those who breathed for Jane those Sighs of fire Asked not their Reason, What do I desire? While Lucy’s Lovers felt the Wishes rise And could explain the purport of their Sighs. In future day one spake how Friendships please, And one, a Lover, whom we charm and teize; And then began the speech of Jane to raise Men’s awe, and Lucy’s to obtain their praise. (M.)
instead of ll. 196-207:
Now Lucy’s Lover was a plain good Man, Who meant to marry on a saving Plan. Jane is perhaps the prettier one to view, He judged; but [has] the Keener Judgment too; And, if her Eye be more than Lucy’s bright, And beams upon you with a fiercer Light, A face may be admired; but, put the Case A Man shall marry, what avails a face? A Wife that[’s] pretty her Conditions makes; A Wife that[’s] prudent rather gives than takes. Beauty will cost require and Wealth command, But there is Safety in a closing Hand; And what if Lucy to the needy sends Too great a portion and the deed defends, That ’tis her own; there’s prudence in the Words That will preserve the Good that is her Lord’s. Besides, there’s not a Virtue we possess So soon restrain’d as giving to distress; And, then, a rival makes a woman nice, And Jane’s admirer will enhance her price. Thus, thinking but concealing what he thought, This cautious Lover Lucy’s favour sought. (M.)
after l. 231: