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 So marriage turn’d out the beft noofc of the two, The old foul's gone to heav’n, i'n as rich as a Jew. SPEAKING. So that if any Jolyman has an occafion for a Friend, or a Lady for a Lover, or, in fhort, if any body fhould want to be difencumber’d of the unheafinefs of a wife or a daughter, or a parfe of any fuch kind and civil fervice, that can be perform’d by a gentleman at large that has nothing to do. Let me recommend Paddy O Blarney.

DAVY JONES’S LOCKER. WHen laft honeft Jack, of whofe fate I now fing, weigh’d anchor and caft out for fea, For he ne’er refus’d for his country and King to fight, for no lubber was be; To hand, reef & fteer, & houfe every thing tight, full well did he know every inch, Tho’the toplifts of failors the tempeft fhould fmite, jack never was known for to flinch. CHORUS. Tho’ the toplifts of faiiors the tempeft fhould fmite, Jack never was known for to flinch. Aloft from the maft head one day he efpy’d feven fail, which appear’d to his view, Clear the decks, fpunge the guns, was inftantly cry'd, and each to his ftation then flew ; And feught until many a noble was flain, and filenced was every gun, ’Twas then that old Englifh valour was vain, for by numbers, alas ! they’re undonne. Chor. ’Twas then that old Englifh valour was vain, for by numbers, alas ! they're undone.