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To Dublin he comes, to the bagnio he goes, And orders the landlord to bring him a whore; No scruple came on him his gown to expose, 'Twas what all his life he had practised before. He had made himself drunk with the juice of the grape, And got a good clap, but committed no rape.

V.

The dean, and his landlord, a jolly comrade, Resolv'd for a fortnight to swim in delight; For why, they had both been brought up to the trade Of drinking all day, and of whoring all night. His landlord was ready his deanship to ape In every debauch, but committing a rape.

VI.

This protestant zealot, this English divine, In church and in state was of principles sound; Was truer than Steele to the Hanover line, And griev'd that a tory should live above ground. Shall a subject so loyal be hang'd by the nape, For no other crime but committing a rape?

VII.

By old popish canons, as wise men have penn'd 'em, Each priest had a concubine, jure ecclesiæ; Who'd be dean of Fernes without a commemdam? And precedents we can produce, if it please ye: Then why should the dean, when whores are so cheap, Be put to the peril and toil of a rape? Rh