Although we are very fenfible, that in fome of the following poems, the Ladies may refent certain fatirical touches against the miftaken conduct in fome of the fair fex: and, that fome warm perfons on the prevailing fide, may cenfure this Author, for not thinking in publick matters exactly like themfelves: yet, we have been affured by feveral judicious and learned Gentlemen, that what the Author hath here writ, on either of those two subjects, hath no other aim than to reform the errors of both fexes. If the publick be right in its conjectures of the Author, nothing is better known in London, than that while he had credit at the court of Queen ANNE, he employed fo much of it in favour of Whigs in both kingdoms, that the Ministry used to rally him as the advocate of that party; for feveral of whom he got employments, and preferved others from lofing what they had: of which fome inftances remain even in this kingdom. Befides, he then writ and declared against the Pretender with equal zeal, though not with equal fury, as any of our modern Whigs; of which party he always profeffed himself to be as to politicks, as the reader will find in many parts of his works. Our intentions were to print the poems according to the time they were writ in; but we could not do it fo exactly as we defired, because we could never get the least satisfaction in that or many other circumftances from the Author. Dublin, 1734. THE THE CONTENT S. HE humble petition of Frances Har- A ballad on Lady Betty Berkeley Verfes wrote in a Lady's ivory table-book Clever Tom Clinch going to be hanged On reading Dr. Young's fatires- On feeing verfes written upon windows |