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( 8 ) The econd Court-day the witnees

they were cros-examin'd to make truth a lie.

The witnees when their oath they igned,

they had no doubt but they ign'd the truth;

But many a fale word was wrote before them,

that never, never came from their mouth.

This was a notable choice foundation

for Satan's kingdom to flourih more,

For hortly after, on New-year's morning,

was many robbed, and wounded ore.

But this made breaches in their intention,

for ome was banih'd, and ome did die;

Which caued them for to tart inventions,

ome other villainous tricks to try.

To mend the breaches of Satan's kingdom,

they at the high-ends began to trike;

But this enlarged the breaches wider,

it cot the fellow his very neck.

This did decreae them, and oon ditres them,

and now their projects are private all;

But yet in pite of their fathers' forces,

their mother Babel and them will fall.

Where was this done, Sir, that you have told me?

In little France, it was told to me;

Some iland into the French dominions,

I am uppoing it to be.