94 LETTER IV. 



more fatisfadlion ; efpecially if they had been 

 bleffed with a fet of gay Ladies to fing and dance 

 to the Mufick, I mean a fet of fuch Ladies as 

 Milton hints at in Book 1 1. line 614. 



For that fair Female 'troop thoufawefl^ thatjeenid 



Of GoddeffeSy fo blith^ fo fmooth^ fo ga)\ 



Yet empty of all Good^ wherein cojifjls 



Woman's domejlick Honour and chief Praife ; 



Bred only and compleated to the tajte 



Of lujlful Appetence y ^^f^g-i ^^ dance ^ 



T'o drefs^ and troule the lL07igue^ and role the eye. 



However, I do not much wonder at it ^ for fome 

 Souls are fo very low and groveling, that they 

 have fcarce any reliih at all for fuch refined en- 

 joyments. My worthy Friend, you fliould have 

 been entertained with a clearer and far more 

 accurate defcription of this extraordinary and un- 

 common fort of Mufick, if providence had 

 favoured me with Milio?is fublime Genius and 

 flowing Eloquence -, but alas ! it cannot be. I have 

 heard from Perfons who frequented the Coafts 

 of Malabar and Corromandel in the Fafl-Indies^ 

 that there is much the fame Noife in the Night- 

 time there : And I conjedlure it may be the fame 

 too in the delightful Vales of Arabia Felix, whofe 

 fweet and charming Solitudes might probably 

 enough furnifh Milton with good hints in his 

 defcription of Paradife. 



