7err, e-Filittr. immedia,e vicegerent,, or the minivers of the vili rightful governours, or ufurpers; mercifhl lets, or abominable tyrants, jua as they happen d to pIm? or dil?leafc them; tho' ir is worthy mark, that ,o monarchs ever feem'd to pieaFe them fo well as thok who difpleafed all their fubjeOs be- fides; for whenever they were not the peculiar ?ourites of the ?o?n, the Cro?n never ?r right upon his or her head who wore it: to adjua which ?oricvance, they n)ade it their butine? to talk trea- n from morning to night, and fpirit up their neighbo.?rs to rebellion; tbr being women, they knew tbeir petticoats would prote? them, take what liberties they pleas'd. In Religion they were as whimfical and as pofitiw as in politicks5 rometimes they would be of on? [eligi. n, and rometimes of another, ira5 as it cama into their old crazy noddies; but were alway? violent in th? defence of that which at any time they pro- left'd, and implacable again? thole who oppos',' ilarring, bmning, and glbetting, one year, all petforts holding fuch opi-nions, and the next year, perhap? f=ring all thole in t?e time manner, who did not hold the very time opinions. in this vexatious and mi?hievous courk hav? there our reverend old mothers conrinu'd for feveral centuries, wnngling themfelves about trifles, and fetung. mankind together by the ears about ?pemnent quarrels and altercations. I cannot find that either of them were ever ?'d, tho' they would perfuade rome. vifionary peo?o at they are, both marry'd very well to a perton whom I don t care to name i which I know to b? faire, the fiid perfort having long tince taken ano- ther holy lady to ?x;ife, who has prov'd but a bad �pou�e to htm? and ! don tthtnk he would en�ou rage l?ol?ga?g. Married or not marry'd, they ham
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