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Reader,
I Should do the Mon∣sieur, thee, and my self a most damn'd injury, should I honour this trifle with the title of a Tran∣slation; that word that sounds so gloriously in this pretty Frenchyfi'd Generation; and I should be as vain as a Po∣et is in his Prefaces, his Esjays, his Prologues, his Epilogues, and their Apologies, should I
say 'tis my own, and a whole Shoal of English Monsieurs, with a Morbleu, Diantre, &c. would swear it was the Zelo∣tide, and easily detect the Fal∣lacy; what shall I do then with this Monster of a Pam∣phlet, this Mongrel piece of Gallantry, that has lost every thing that might make it love∣ly and agreeable? it has lost the snuffling Idium, that great accomplishment in a Gentleman, and is infected with some of the English cu∣stoms too; but faith, pardon it, for I'le assure you 'tis very fashionable: Here's Kissing
and Dancing, &c. here are Treatments and the Fidles; here are gay, brisk, and Airy Girls too, and the Jilts have such a charming wildness, that it must needs take you, 'tis not possible to be avoided. And if all these Ornaments of a fashionable Treatise, are not enough to set off this poor something, what Name or Title soever you shall please to give it; I know very little in the world. But if all this cannot recommend it to your Charity, & silence the damn∣ing Criticks of the age, I'm ve∣ry confident I have▪ that will
mightily please the fine Gen∣tlemen of the Town: here's no damn'd, dull, out of fa∣shion Matrimony in the con∣clusion, to spoil all that went before. Our Gallant, if he be in Love, it is in a very Honourable way, he still preserves his Liberty, and his Love, that is, he is yet unmarried, for after that ugly thing is once arrived, that has destroyed so many beautiful Affections, and pretty passions in the world, you shall scarce find ought or either. In a word, 'tis at your Mercy, name it, and
censure it, damn it as you please, if you can have the heart to damn any thing that is originally French, and when 'tis made English, is as mad as the best of you.