Citation - New York Mercury (Gaine): 1767.12.07

NYM(G.767.112
7 Dec 1767:23 (840)
Mr. Gaine, as you have been so kind as to give a place in
your last paper to Miss Prateapaee's verses [epigram], I
hope you will oblige me so far as to insert this answer
thereto in your next;  [signed]  A boy.
The veteran hunks, all covered with scars,
Long batter'd and wounded in Venus's wars,
When her charms prove deficient to gain her a lover,
Her---conscience---then bids the good dame to give over.
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