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 And now at length this wicked act

Did by this means come out:

The fellow that did take in hand

These children for to kill,

Was for a robbery judg'd to die,

As was God's blessed will;

Who did confess the very truth,

The which is here express'd;

Their uncle died, while he, for debts

In prison long did rest.

All you that be executors made,

And overseers eke,

Of children that be fatherless,

And infants mild and meek,

Take you example by this thing,

And yield to each his right;

Lest God to such-like misery,

Your wicked minds requite.