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Moderation
Causidico, whom fear of Want made Bold,
Barters his boasted Honesty for Gold.
Tacks and Impeachments once he urg'd as Law,
To curb the Throne, the Ministry to awe:
Witness Sigillo and the Irish Grants;
But cease we now, he cries, those old Complaints.
Let us restrain our too impetuous Zeal,
Nor ever tack a persecuting Bill.
Let us henceforth offending Statesmen screen;
Let Justice sleep in Anna's gentle Reign.
So is the Patriot chang'd from what he was;
So solid a Conviction is a Place.
Not rais'd for this by Abdon's bounteous Hand,
Abdon, whose Virtues ev'ry Praise demand,
Abdon,
