To be adjudg'd by these fantastic laws;
But that this book's example may be known,
10By others' Melancholy, not your own.
To the Same Lady.] 6 MS. 'before you need'—perhaps better. The lady to whom the Anatomy was likely to be congenial must have been worth knowing.
The Farewell.
Splendidis longùm valedico nugis.
Farewell, fond Love, under whose childish whip,
I have serv'd out a weary prenti'ship;
Thou that hast made me thy scorn'd property,