The Progress of ADVICE. A common Case. William Shenstone Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T131163 K104099.005 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. V. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] pp. 55-56. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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The Progress of ADVICE . A common Case . — Suade , nam certum est . Martial, Epigrammata 3.38, l. 13. SAYS Richard to Thomas ( and seem'd half afraid ) I am thinking to marry thy mistress's maid : Now because Mrs. Martha to thee is well known , I will do't if thou bidst me , or let it alone . Nay don't make a jest on't , 'tis no jest to me ; For faith I'm in earnest , so prithee be free . I have no fault to find with the girl since I knew her . But I'd have thy advice , ere I tye myself to her . Said Thomas to Richard — to speak my opinion , There is not such a bitch in king George's dominion ! And I firmly believe , if thou knew'st her as I do , Thou would'st chuse out a whipping-post , first , to be ty'd to . She's peevish , she's thievish , she's ugly , she's old , And a lyar , and a fool , and a slut , and a scold — Next day Richard hasten'd to church and was wed , And ere night had inform'd her what Thomas had said .