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  Why is a handsome wife adored By every coxcomb but her lord?

  From yonder puppet-man inquire Who wisely hides his wood and wire; Shows Sheba's queen completely dress'd And Solomon in royal vest;

  But view them litter'd on the floor, Or strung on pegs behind the door, Punch is exactly of a piece With Lorrain's duke, and prince of Greece.

  HORACE CALVERLEY.--_Petition to the Duke of Ormskirk_.