[2] The immaculate continence of the BRITISH SCIPIO, so strongly insisted on by his friends, as constituting one of the most shining ingredients of his own uncommon character, is only alluded to here as a received fact, and not by any means as a reproach.
[3] Wedded. This Gentleman’s own term for a Coalition.
EPIGRAMS,
By SIR CECIL WRAY.
First published in the Gentleman’s Magazine, under the signatures of DAMON, PHILOMELA, NOLENS VOLENS, and CRITANDER.
To CELIA (now Lady WRAY), on Powdering her Hair.
EXTEMPORE.
Thy locks, I trow, fair maid,
Don’t never want this aid:
Wherefore thy powder spare,
And only comb thy hair.
To Sir JOSEPH MAWBEY, proposing a Party to go a-fishing for White Bait.
Worthy SIR JOE, we all are wishing,
You’d come with us a-White-Bait-fishing.