The Libeller’s Self-Reproof^1

Rash mortal, and slanderous poet, thy name

Shall no longer appear in the records of Fame;

Dost not know that old Mansfield, who writes like the Bible,

Says, the more ’tis a truth, sir, the more ’tis a libel!

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