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OP. Humulus. Class 22, Dicecia. Order: 

 Pentandria. This plant will grow only in 

 rich soils. It is called lupulus by natural- 

 ists ; and, according to Pliny, was so named 

 because it grew among the willows; to 

 them, by twining round and choking them 

 up, it proved very destructive. 



INJUSTICE. 



Yes, a most notorious villain ; 

 To see the sufferings of my fellow-creatures, 

 And own myself a man : to see our senators 

 Cheat the deluded people with a show 

 Of liberty, which yet they ne'er must taste of. 

 They say, by them our hands are free from fetters ; 

 Yet whom they please they lay in basest bonds; 

 Bring whom they please to infamy and sorrow ; 

 Drive us like wrecks down the rough tide of power, 

 Whilst no hold's left to save us from destruction: 

 All that bear this are villains, and I one, 

 Not to rouse up at the great call of nature, 

 And check the growth of these domestic spoilers, 

 That make us slaves, and tell us 'tis our charter. 



Otway. 



Justice is lame, as well as blind, amongst us: 

 The laws, corrupted to their ends that make them, 

 Serve but for instruments of some new tyranny, 

 That every day starts up t' enslave us deeper. 



Otway. 



Unheard, the injured orphans now complain ; 

 The widow's cries address the throne in vain, 

 Causes unjudged disgrace the loaded file, 

 And sleeping laws the king's neglect revile. 



Prior. 



