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A67452 Letters and poems, amorous and gallant Walsh, William, 1663-1708. 1692 (1692) Wing W647; ESTC R8169 35,279 138

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angry at People let them endeavour never so much to please 'em so we who are naturally amorous cannot avoid being in love with a Lady let her take never so much pains to anger us And indeed Madam did People ground their Passions upon Reason you have given me one of the most reasonable Causes to love you in the World For as there is no Man of Wit but knows himself to be a Fool so he ought to have an Opinion of their Iudgments who find it out as well as himself It is reported as an Instance of the Bravery of the Amazons That they wou'd never marry a Man 'till they had fought with him first and if he beat 'em very much he might expect to be loved very much by them Now I Madam who profess as great a Veneration for Wit as the Amazons had for Courage cannot have so good a Reason for Love as your having exercis'd your Wit upon me Tho' it is possible you may attribute my Passion to another Cause and as you think I love nothing beside my self may have some kindness for you because you are never like to be my Rival however assure your self Madam it is no such thing but knowing the worst you can say of me to be true and having a natural Affection for Truth Wit and Women you will think a Man a very general Lover that can love Truth Wit and Women at the same time I must needs be infinitely in love with you in whom I find 'em altogether Be not however deluded into a better Opinion of me by what any body can say for as it is only your hating me that makes me love you as soon as that ceases I am afraid my Love will do so too As you therefore value my Kindness take heed of having any for me and satisfie your self That as long as you continue to think me a silly idle conceited Fop I shall continue to be with all the Passion imaginable Madam Your c. LETTER IX To a Masqu'd Lady THo' I doubt not Madam but you have made the most considerable Conquests under the Sun yet give me leave to say You never made any so extraordinary as this before You have subdu'd without the Conqueror's common Vanity of making your self known and have gain'd the most absolute Victory in the World without as much as shea●hing your Face I who never knew a Woman cou'd overcome me am now overcome by I know not who And can both boast of the greatest Passion and greatest Faith in Nature together The seeing you which is the reason of other People's Love might for ought I know destroy mine for I have rais'd Idea's of you to which it is very difficult for any thing in Nature to arrive I imagine you the most charming Creature in the Universe and at the same time fansie you to be somewhat more than I imagine I have dress'd you up in all the most different shapes of Natute In whatever you appear it has been always the most amiable And after having supposed you Maid Wife and Widow by turns I ' find I can love you infinitely be you any one of them Did I know in which state you were I wou'd certainly make love to all of it 'till I arriv'd at you and for want of that I am forc'd to confine my self to Womankind I leave it to your own Conscience Madam whether you can leave the most constant Lover in Nature in this Condition tho' if it feel no remorse for the last Disappointment I shall very hardly ever trust it more Yet however extravagant my Passion is do not apprehend that I shou'd make any malicious Reflections on you to the World let my other Vertues be what they will my Fidelity is unquestionable And assure your self there is no Man breathing less apt to tell a Secret that he does not know than Madam Your c. LETTER X. To a Friend SIR FOr Friend I can hardly call you since under that disguise you have done me one of the greatest injuries in the World and it is vain for me to guard my Territories against the malicious Designs of Enemies and Rivals when you whom I never took for either have more prejudiced me in an Amour than they cou'd with all their Forces together But that I may not condemn you without a Cause nor conclude you guilty 'till I hear what you can say in your own Iustification I will give you a plain account of the Business Meeting one of the Ladies last Night with whom I am in love she began a discourse of Lovers wherein she shew'd the many inconveniencies that attended the having a Man of Wit in that Capacity I who do not naturally love to dispute with a fair Lady especially in a Cause where I thought my self no more concern'd than if she had talk'd of Iews or Mahometans agreed with her in all she said when she turn'd briskly upon me and told me For that Reason a Woman must have a care of having any thing to do with me I told her that was acting after the manner of some late Iudges call a thing Treason without Law and then hang a Man for it without Proof That I appeal'd to all the World for my Innocence in the matter and defied my greatest Enemies to bring any Evidence of my guilt She told me she had it from such a one who had it from another and that in fine the original Author of this Calumny was your self Now tho' I grant you that some People might have said such a thing as this out of Inadvertency yet I can hardly believe a Man of your Prudence to have done it upon that account You who very well know That to commend a Man for a Wit to the Women is like commending him for a good Protestant to the Fathers of the Inquisition and he that reported me an Eunuch among 'em cou'd not do it upon a more malicious account They love a tame easie governable Fool and fansie all Wits ill-natur'd and proud Have not you often told me so and after that to put me upon 'em for one Well Sir I am a Gentleman nor shall I pass by such a thing as this without satisfaction I expect therefore you shou'd either give it me under your Hand That you never said any such thing of me or if you really said it That you shou'd go immediately to the Person to whom you did it and assure 'em you were misinform'd in the thing and that to your knowledge Ireland it self never bred a more tame easie fool than I am for here lies the greatest danger I have gotten a Rival of that Country and you know how difficult it is to succeed in a Contest with one of them when want of Wit to give is the preference After all methinks if you wou'd be hearty in the thing you may bring me out of these Difficulties I know you have Wit enough to convince 'em that I have none and if the worst come to