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22 Yet though ſhe's hard to find, I dare engage, That you'll ſee her by and by upon the ſtage; But cloth'd in woolen rags, no linen under, A begging too, but that will be no wonder. For in this iron age we daily ſee, That knavery gets the ſtart of Honeſty. And like our wiſer leaders, I proteſt, I always ſide with them that thrive the beſt. If I could ſtay, I would provoke your laughter, And tell you of what you'll find hereafter.
 * But my time is come, and I muſt go hence,

To fill my bag with the commanding pence: For he that in our Chriſtian city thrives, Muſt run when int'reſt, that dear devil, drives.