504} ANNUAL REGISTER, 1706, 
I, who am always all compliance, ~ » 
As well to Pupils as to Clients, 
Took as genteelly as they paid it, 
And freely to my purse convey’d it ; 
That I might prattically shew, 
And they in specie/ manner know 
Ere they began their Pleas to draw, 
«What an Assumpsir meant in Law— 
To wit, for divers weighty suis 
Of lawful cash at Pleader’s Rooms, 
By me said Pleader, as was prudent, 
Had and received to use of Student ; 
In short, I aéted as became me, 
And where’s the Pleader that can blame me ? 
Not one of all the trade, that I know, 
E’er fails to take the Ready-rino, 
Which haply, if this purse receive, 
No human art can e’er retrieve. 
Sooner—when Gallia’s credit’s flown 
To some Uropiaz world unknown, 
AstrEa shall on earth remain 
The last of the celestial train, 
To tender Assiguats at Par 
Triumphant in the Champ de Mar’, 
- And when their deep-laid projects fail, 
And Guilltines no more avail, 
Her baffled Statesmen shall excise 
; Some new found region in the skies, 
And tow’ring in an air balloon, 
Pluck Reguisitions from the Moon ;— 
_ Sooner the daring wights who go 
Down to the watery world below, 
Shall force old Neptune to disgorge 
And vomit up the Royat Grorce;— 
Than He who hath his bargain made 
And legally his cash convey’d, 
Shall e’er his pocket reimburse, 
By diving in a Lawyer’s Purse. 
Address to Forgetfulness. From Merry’s Pains of Memory. A Poem. 
HOU too, forgetfulness! whose opiate charm 
Can hush the passions, and their rage disarm; 
Approzch, O kindly grant thy suppliant, aid! 
Wrap hiza in sweet oblivion’s placid shade ; 
Veil the gay, transitory scenes that fled 
Like gleamy sunshine o’er the mountain’s head; 
Sink in the dark abyss of endless night = 
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