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DOMINIE DEPOSED.

PART I.

SOME Dominies are sae bias'd, That o'er the dyke themsells they caſt, 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 or from day to day, Neglecting ſtill to watch and pray, And teach the little anes A, B, C, An' Pater Noſter, Quite ither thoughts our Lettergae, Begins to foſter.

For, laying by baith fear and ſhame, They slyly 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 kind, therefore, I winna ſtrive My doughty deeds here to descrive, A lightsome life ſtill did I thrive, Did never itch, By out an' in abouts to drive, For to mak rich.