And as such homely treats (they say)
Portend good fortune, so this may.
Vespasian being daub'd with durt,
Was destin'd to the empire for 't;
And from a scavinger did come
To be a mighty prince in Rome:
And why may not this foul address

880

Presage in love the same success?

Then let us straight, to cleanse our wounds,

885

Advance in quest of nearest ponds;

And after (as we first design'd)

Swear I 've perform'd what she enjoin'd.

888

v. 879. This, and the five following lines, not in the two first editions of 1664. Added in 1674

END OF VOLUME FIRST.