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8 Cast into the Dungeon.

No sooner had she made this false report

Of Joseph's coming in so vile a sort,

But Potiphar immediately he flew

Into a sad and cruel passion too,

And cast him into prison where he lay

Till the chief butler and the baker, they

By Pharaoh's strict command were sent to be

Confined from their former liberty.

The baker and the butler both, we find

With dreams one night were much disturbed in mind,

When they to Joseph did themselves apply,

He told them what their dreams did signify ;

One he restores unto his former place,

The other, he must die in sad disgrace ;

The butler must his former place supply,

The baker by the laws be doomed to die.