Bouts Rimez

made them in some manner excusable, as they were Tasks which the

French

Ladies used to impose on their Lovers.

[But]

when a grave Author, like him above-mentioned, tasked himself, could there be anything more ridiculous? Or would not one be apt to believe that the Author played

booty

[10]

, and did not make his List of Rhymes till he had finished his Poem?

[I]