![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When a Man once gives himself this Liberty of preying at large, and living upon the Common, he finds so much Game in a populous City, that it is surprising to consider the Numbers which he sometimes propagates. By this means there are several Married Men who have a little Family in most of the Parishes of London and Westminster, and several Batchelors who are undone by a Charge of Children. These abandoned Profligates raise up Issue in every Quarter of the Town, and very often, for a valuable Consideration, father it upon the Church-warden. There is a loose Tribe of Men whom I have not yet taken Notice of, that ramble into all the Corners of this great City, in order to seduce such unfortunate Females as fall into their Walks. Phoebe pater, si das hujus mihi nominis usum, Nec falsa Clymene culpam sub imagine celat Pignora da, Genitor PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON REPRODUCING THE ORIGINAL TEXT BOTH AS FIRST ISSUED AND AS CORRECTED BY ITS AUTHORS Produced by Jonathon Ingram, Clytie Siddall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team! ![]()
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