These _Wasps_ in a _Honey-Pot_, are so many Sensual Men that are Plung’d
in their Lusts and Pleasures; and when they are once Glu’d to them,
’tis a very Hard Matter to Work themselves Out. We have an Emblem here
of those Foolish Voluptuous Men, that Sacrifice the Peace, the Honour,
the Comfort, and all other Substantial Satisfactions of Life, to the
Temptation of a Liquorish Palate. And so for the Liberties of Wine,
Women, Feasting, and Jolly Company; The Pomp and Splendor of Courts and
Parades, _&c._ It comes All to the same Point; for when Men are once
Dipt; what with the Engagements of Sense, Custom, Facility; Nay and I
might have said, with the very Shame of Departing from what they have
given themselves up to, they go on with _Æsop’s_ Flyes, till they are
Stifled in their very Pleasures.