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And, fraught with Impudence, the Guard bear down,
Then with Disdain refuse the Conquer'd Town.
$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$Trust your own Charms, let Nature give Surprize;
The Porcupine less store of Darts supplies,
Than Cupid shafts from ev'ry Female's Eyes.
In musty Records we have Stories told,
Of Troy's Defeat by Stratagem, of Old,
Yet sure Defect of Courage does it show,
To take Advantage of a weaker Foe:
What Hero to such Tricks would have recourse?
Troy should have stood, if not reduc'd by Force.
She spoke———the dire Contagion quickly spread,
And some were heard to second what she said;
Of these, whose Satire was from Envy stirr'd,
The Muse declines the Venom to record.

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