obſerved a young Woman at Church yeſterday at Even-ſong, who was dreſt in one of your outlandiſh Garments; I think I have ſeen your Ladyſhip in ſuch a one. However, in the Country, ſuch Dreſſes are
‘Rara avis in Terris, nigroq; ſimillima Cygno,
‘That is, Madam, as much as to ſay,
‘A rare Bird upon the Earth, and very like a black Swan.
‘The Verſe is in Juvenal: but to return to what I was relating. I was ſaying ſuch Garments are rare Sights in the Country, and perchance too, it was thought the more rare, Reſpect being had to the Perſon who wore it, who, they tell me, is the Daughter of Black George, your Worſhip’s Game-keeper, whoſe Sufferings I ſhould have opined, might have taught him more Wit than to dreſs forth his Wenches in ſuch gaudy Apparel. She created ſo much Confuſion in the Congregation, that if Squire Allworthy had not ſilenced it, it would have interrupted the Service: For I was once about to ſtop in the Middle of the firſt‘Leſſon.
