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[17] Man, ſpeak truth freely from thy heart, And never from the ſame depart; God's word ſhould no be ſpoke in private, Tho' thou ſhould ſuffer persecution, The Lord will make thee restitution Shortly either here or hence; Therefore rejoice with patience. Whoever wrongs the church of God, We ſee in end they are down trode; Proud Haman he was high hanged, Because that Mordecai he wranged. Man ſtill upon thy Maker wait, As Mordecai did at the gate; For godliness it is great gain. That's true, Amen, Sir, ſaid the Wren.

NOW, what's foresaid, I will let it be, And Speak ſomething of husbandrie. This time I'm drawn in admiration For to behold this ſlavish nation! The ground, for ſake of labouring, This time doth little fruit forth bring; For there's come from abroad ſuch news, That husbandmen have left their plows; They may not labour as they ſhould, Because the ſeaſon is ſo cold ; And in their places are presented, Men that are not experimented With the condition of the field, In ſeason when it ſhould be till'd; For ſome have gotten the plough to ha'd, That ſcarcely right can wield the gaud; Who cannot temper the irons right, Will never make the furrows ſtraight: When that the ground is plow'd with baulk, It bears nothing but fruitless ſtalks :