Hail, wedded love, mysterious law; true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else: ............... by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.

MILTON.

How oddly will it sound, that I Must ask my child forgiveness.

SHAKESPEARE.

_LONDON_: PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, STRAND. 1807.

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LIBERTINE.