LXXXII.

I can't exactly trace their rule of right, Which hath a little leaning to a lottery. I've seen a virtuous woman put down quite By the mere combination of a coterie; Also a so-so matron boldly fight Her way back to the world by dint of plottery,[mn] And shine the very _Siria_,[686] of the spheres, Escaping with a few slight, scarless sneers.