Extracting Honey from the rankest Weeds: So safely you in Fools Instructours find, And Wisdom in the Follies of mankind. With purer Waves henceforth shall Satyr flow, And we this change to your chast Labours owe; Satyr before from a Polluted Source Brought Native Filth, augmented in its course. No longer muddy shall those Streams appear, Which you have purg’d, and made so sweet, and clear. Well may your Wit to us a wonder seem, So strong’s the Current, yet so clear the stream, Deep, but not Dull, thro’ each transparent Line We see the Gems, which at the Bottom shine. To your Correction freely we submit, Who teach us Modesty, as well as Wit. Our Sex with Blushes must your Conquest own, While yours prepare the Garlands you have won. Your Fame secure long as your Sex shall last, Nor Time, nor Envy shall your Lawrels blast. _James Drake._ _The Reader is desir’d to excuse, and correct all Literal Escapes, and to amend the following thus._ _Errata:_ Page 4. l. 10. for _Engenia_, read _Eugenia_, p. 10. l. 22. for _that_, read _the_, p. 28. l. 16. for _Mammy_, read _Mummy_. p. 29. l. 13. for _change_, read _chance_. p. 32. l. 4. for _Repetion_, read _Repetition_, p. 53. l. 4. for _Essay_, read _Esop_. p. 53. l. 13 for _Messieurs_, read _Sieurs_. p. 60. l. 2. read _upon us_. p. 84. l. 1. for _and these_, read _these_. p. 103. l. 23. for _little_ read _little_. p. 111. l. 12, for _ocsicaons_, read _occasions_. p. 113. l. 1 for _Master_, read _Mastery_. p. 126. l. 20. for _as well_, read _as well as_. p. 143. l. 9. for _inspire_, read _inspires_. AN ESSAY In Defence of the Female Sex, _&c._