A _Cat_ and _Venus_.
A _Young Fellow_ that was Passionately in Love with a _Cat_, made it his
Humble Suit to _Venus_ to turn _Puss_ into a _Woman_. The Transformation
was wrought in the Twinkling of an Eye, and Out she comes, a very
Bucksome Lass. The Doting Sot took her home to his Bed; and bad Fair
for a Litter of Kittens by her That Night: But as the Loving Couple lay
Snugging together, a Toy took _Venus_ in the Head, to try if the _Cat_
had chang’d her Manners with her Shape; and so for Experiment, turn’d a
_Mouse_ loose into the Chamber. The _Cat_, upon This Temptation, Started
out of the Bed, and without any regard to the Marriage-Joys, made a Leap
at the Mouse, which _Venus_ took for so High an Affront, that she turn’d
the Madam into a _Puss_ again.
The MORAL.
_The Extravagant Transports of Love, and the Wonderful Force of Nature,
are unaccountable; The One carries us Out of our Selves, and the Other
brings us Back again._