perfumes too, in Rome the nicest known,
          And fit for highest cardinals to own. 
          His clothes the learned doctor laid aside;
          The aged female came his steps to guide;
          Through passages she led him by the hand,
          Where all was dark, and many turnings planned;
          At once bewildered, and deprived of sight,
          The lawyer tottered much for want of light. 
          At length she ope’d a door, and pushed the sage,
          Where most unpleasantly he must engage,
          Though doubtless ev’ry way his proper place:—­
          The school where he was used the laws to trace! 
          O’ercome with shame, confusion, and surprise,
          He nearly fainted, vain ’twere to disguise.

          Thecircumstances ran throughout the town;
          Each student then was waiting in his gown;
          Enough, no doubt, his fortunes to destroy;
          The laugh went round, and all was jest and joy. 
          What, is he mad? said they, or would he seek
          Some lass, and with her wish to have a freak? 
          Still worse arrived:—­his beauteous spouse complained;
          A trial followed, and distractions reigned;
          Her relatives supported well the cause,
          And represented, that the man of laws,
          Occasioned jars and matrimonial strife;
          That he was mad, and she, a prudent wife,
          The marriage was annulled, and she withdrew: 
          Retirement now the lady would pursue,
          In Vavoureuse a prelate blessed the dame,
          And, at Saint Croissant, she a nun became.

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