The countess's speech to her son Roderigo , Upon Her first seeing him, after he was wounded in a late Duel. As it was presented by the author, on Monday the First Day of February, 1731. to the Right Honourable William Pultney, esq; at his House in Arlington-Street, near St. James's. To which is prefixed, Some curious Observations on Boys challenging their Betters.

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