DEDICATION. 



And fb great was their tempe- 

 rance at that time of day, that bread 

 and herbs (with a little fruit) were 

 the only dainties wherewith the ta- 

 bles of the greateft voluptuaries 

 were Ipread. 



Nor were the banquets of that 

 ancient happy Pair, any other, even 

 in Paradife it felf 



Raised on a gvaff) turf 



The tahle luasy and mojfy feats had rounds 

 And on the ample fquare.from fide to fide^ 

 All autumn pl d. Ah innocence ! 

 Veferving paradife 



And if what the poets have 

 heretofore wrote of the golden age^ 

 be allow'd to allude to Paradife, 

 as many learned men have fup- 

 pos'd it does, we have there ajfb 



a con- 



