An essay in defence of the female sex / In which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. in a letter to a lady.

Transcriber’s Note:

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This vain gay thing sets unfor man, But seem^t fate attends him
The powd’ring Barber first began, The Barber Surgeon endst.

In which are inserted the

CHARACTERS

A Pedant,
A Squire,
A Beau,
A Vertuoso,
A Poetaster,
A City-Critick, &c.

In a Letter to a Lady.

Written by a Lady.

Since each is fond of his own ugly Face;

Why shou’d you when we hold it break the Glass?

Prol. to Sir F. Flutter.

LONDON,

Printed for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson at the Black Boy, and R. Clavel at the Peacock, in Fleetstreet, 1696.

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