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D O M I N I E D E P O S’ D.

P A R T I.

SOME Dəminies are sae bias’d, That o'er the dyke themsells they call, They drink an' rant, an' live sae fast, This drives them on                          To draw a weapon at the last, That ſticks Mess John.

Thus going on, from day to day, Neglecting still to watch and pray, And teach the little anes A, B, C,                                          An' Pater Nester, Quite ither thoughts our Lettergae Begins to foster.

For, laying bye 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 Mess John is ſlain Wi' his ain knife.

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