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But they ſhall ſee that I'll be much mere kind, And them releaſe, according to their mind. A Barber.

LXVIII.

I am in general uſe, int much requeſt; In ev'ry place, eaſt, ſouth and weſt: With me ſome do much good, & are reſpected, Others much ill, juſt as they ſtand affected: Many are griev'd, that have me not obtain'd,                 Others are careleſs when they have me gain'd,                  The one does me command, the other is my ſlave, (True happineſs none in me ever have.) But, at the laſt, my maſter leaves me ſo, I do become his, whom he did not know. Money.

LXIX.

I am ſmall, yet of metal ſtiff and right; And pleaſe my miſtreſs day and night; But if I chance to hurt her tender ſkin, Whene'er againſt her will I enter in, Tho' ſhe be angry, ſhe'll not me forſake, Becauſe ſhe knows that it is a miſtake. An uſeful ſervant ſhe knows I am to her, But when grown old, and can't do as before, She'll ſoon caſheer and turn me out of door. A Pin.

LXX. There's a little ſhort gentleman, that wears the yellow trews, A durk below his doublet, for ſticking of his foes: