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Dominie Depos'd

PART I.

SOME Dominies are fae biaſs'd, That o'er the dyke themſells they caſt, They drink an' rant and live ſhe faſt. This drives them on To draw a weapon at the laſt, That ſticks Maſs John.

Thas going on, from day to day, Neglecting ſtill to watch and prav, And teach the little anes A, B. C. An' Pater Noſter, Quite ither thoughts our Lettergas Begins to ſofter.

For laying by baith fear and ſhame, They flyly venture on that game. All fours, I think, they call't by name, Baith auld an' rife, That in the play Miſs John is ſlain Wi' his ain knife.

'Tis kend therefore I winna ſtrive My doughry deeds here to deſerive, A lightſome life ſtill did I drive, Did never itch, By out an'-in-abouts to drive, For to mak rich,