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Ready at once prepared, either t' excite 

 Or satisfy a curious appetite. 



More praise is due : for 'tis both positive 

 And truth which, once, was interrogative. 

 And utter 'd by the poet, then, in jest 

 Et piscatorem piscis amare potest. 



dr. HA R VIE, Mr. of Arts*. 



* Supposed to be Christopher Harvu, for whom see Atbtn. Dxon, Voi i. 

 & vidt infra, p. 186, 11. 



