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The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 13

Note 135 — TRANSLATIONS FROM JUVENAL. (continued 3)

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Juvenal's meaning is, help her to any kind of slops which may cause her to miscarry, for fear she may be brought to bed of a black Moor, which thou, being her husband, art bound to father; and that bastard may, by law, inherit thy estate.

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