III. To D. C. Esqr.
SIR,
IN my last I writ to you that Ch. Mor. was dead, (I meant in a morall sense) Hee is now alive again, for he hath abjur'd that Club which was used to knock him in the head so often, and drown him commonly once a day: I discover divers symptoms of regene∣ration in him, for hee rayls bitterly against Bacchus, and swears ther's a devill in evry berry of his grape, therfore he resolves here∣after, though he may dabble a little somtimes, he will bee never drown'd again: you know Kit hath a Poetic fancy, and no unhap∣py one, as you find by his compositions, you know also that Poets have l•…•…rge souls, they have sociable free generous spirits, and the•…•… are few who use to drink of H•…•…licons waters, but they love to mingle it with som of Lyaeus liquor to heighten their spirits. Ther's no Creature thats kneaded of Clay, but hath his frailties, extrava∣gancies and excesses som way or other, for you must not think that man can be better out of Paradise than he was within't: Ne∣mo fine crimine, He that censures the good-fellow commonly makes no conscience of gluttony, and gormandising at home, and I be∣lieve more men do dig their graves with their teeth than with the t•…•…kard. They who tax others of vanity and pride, have common∣ly that fordid vice of covetousnes attends them, and he who tra∣duceth others of being a servant to Ladies, doth baser things: We are no Angels upon earth, but we are transported with som infir∣mity or other, and 'twill be so while these frail, fluxible humors reign within us, while wee have •…•…luces of warm bloud running through our veins, ther must be ofttimes som irregular motions in us.
This as I conceiye is that black beane which the Turks Alchoran