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 They priz'd not peace, nor great increase

Got in the year fifteen;

Their aim is dearth, starve from the earth

Poor honest lab'ring men.

As truth I wrote, Lairds value not

Their growling vexing plaints,

Make them more low, and frugal go,

And duely pay their rents.