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MADAM,
HEre were some Ladies to Visit me, amongst the rest, there was one so very Fair, as I ne∣ver Saw the like, but let me tell you, that was all which was to be Admired in her; and Mrs. F. W. who you know is a Salt Speaker, said, that her Wit was like her Complexion, Weak and Faint, Repeating the old Proverb, Fair and Foolish, and then she Sung a line of an old Song, Oh the Lovely Brown, as 'tis, how it Shames the Lilies! I told her, she Spoke out of Envy, she said, No, for Fair VVomen were seldom Hand∣som, I said, that the Usual Saying was, that Black men Liked and Loved Fair women best, she an∣swer'd, that then Black men were as Foolish as Fair women. Thus you may know how one Woman is Apt to Dispraise another, for had she been either Brown or Black, although very well Favoured, yet it was likely she would have said somewhat to her Prejudice, for our Sex Loves or Approves not any Other which is E∣minent, either for Wit, Beauty, Favour, Be∣haviour, or Virtue; But leaving Mrs. T. W. to her Envy, Opinion, or Fancy, and the Beauty of Mrs. E. D. to Admiration, I rest,
Madam,
Your faithful Fr. and S.