Inquiries, returns to the fweet motions of our Love.
A PROBLEM In imitation of the Spaniards: TO MADAM DE QUEROUALLE. I 66 Know not which of the two is more injurious to the happineſs of the Fair-Sex; "Either to "abandon themſelves wholly to their Inclinations, or ftrictly to follow the dictates of Virtue; and "whether the indulging their Paffions be attended " with more Misfortunes, than they are depriv'd "of Pleafures by the conſtraint they lay on them" felves." I have met with amorous Ladies lamenting themfelves for the contempt they were fallen into: I have feen Prudes groaning under the feverities of Virtue; and who endeavour'd by fighs to eafe their fwelling Heart of the fecret torment they endur'd, by not daring to indulge their Paffion in fhort, as I have feen the one regret the Reputation they had loft, fo have I feen others with for the Pleafures they durft not enjoy. Happy IS She came into England in the year 1670, and was created Dutchefs of Portfmouth in 1673. See the Life of M. de St, Eyremond, under the year 1670.
