1702, Charles Sedley,The Works of Sir Charles Sedley, Bart,page 6:
Pardon me, Sir, my Bluntneſs muſt go on ; By barb’rous Fears and Counſelsy’ere undone.
1709, Robert Gould,A Satyr against the Pride, Luſt, and Inconſtancy, &c. of Woman,page 8:
Rivers adorn the Earth ; the Fiſh, the Seas ; Flowers and Graſs, the Meadows ; Fruit and Trees ; The Starts, the Fields of Air thro’ which they ride ; And Woman all the Works of God beſide ; Yet baſe detracting Envy won’t allow They ſhould adorn themſelves ; then pray, Sir, now Produce ſome reaſons whyy’ere ſo ſevere ; For envious as you are, you know they’re Fair.
