Records of the Old Charlton Hunt 



here mills for corn, demand his present aid, 



there Farmers beg ! his virtue he'll impart, 



t' inrich their Lands, for greater future crops. 



requests all granted, to the Ocean, he 



as proudly marches, as the greatest of 



all the confed'rate Rivers of the Land. 



In this Sweet Vale, by hills, and Downs enclos'd, 



an age ago, Diana fixt her Court. 



her Nymphs, in other Regions she employs ; 



in Softer Chaces, and in Summer Sports. 



with Httle Beagles, or her deep mouth'd hounds, 



on foot they hunt, on mofs, and in the Shade, 



for pitty twere, to hurt, or tann a JNIaid. 



The British Fiercenefs, to Diana known, 



the inbred goodnefs, of their Coursers too ; 



like all her Sex, She ev'ry where would be, 



ador'd ; but how to suit it, with her Chastity ? 



the Country's Beauty, and the Brittish hounds 



tempted the Goddefs, here to raise her Fame ; 



at last in private, weighing well her Scheme, 



She thus resolves ! I'll be ador'd by men ; 



by Britons bold, where Nymphs shall nere resort, 



rough is their nature, and they love all sports ; 



a new one, I'll Invent, to fit their Taste, 



their hounds, their horses, and their daring youth ; 



at once I'll suit them, and they'l still do good, 



the wily Fox, their furious Chace shall be, 



a small but well chose band, I'll then Select, 



from all the huntsmen, Britain can produce ; 



and Charleton, is the place, where I will fix 



my Temple, where my Votarys shall hunt. 



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