Now, to promote their private ends,
NATURE her usual course suspends,
And varies from the stated plan
Observ'd e'er since the World began.
(which foolishly we thought,
By Custom's servile maxims taught,
Needed a regular supply,
And without nourishment must die);
With craving appetites, and sense
Of Hunger easily dispense,
And, pliant to  wond'rous skill,
Are taught, like  to stand still
for a month or more;
go on as they did before.
The Novel takes, the Tale succeeds,
Amply supplies its author's needs,
And BETTY CANNING is at least,
With GASCOYNE's help, a six months feast.