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( 7 ) Unto his houſe, by chance to dine. With other brave commanders fine, The Burgo-maſter ſeeing that, e ſtraight put on his or unleſs hat, With all his other ragged clothes, And ſo into the room he goes. The Captain then began to ſwear, Lieutenant, pray ſee who is there, My ragged Burgo-maſter, who in private from his colours flew. Straight from the preſence of his gueſts, He ſlept away, himſelf he dreſt, in ſumptuous robes he dreſt amain, And then returnd to them again. The Captain ſaid, right worthy Sir Here is a fooliſh ragged cur, ndu'd with either wit no ſenſe, I'll hang him or I go from hence, He from his colours did deſert. The Burgo ſaid, he not ſo rt, n preſence of theſe gentlemen. Write his diſcharge, here's guineas ten. He wrote the ſame and took the gold, The Burgo-maſter ſaid, behold, am the man, and now at laſt, What once I laid has come to paſs. The Captain then begin to ſome, And told his gallants in the room, If he had known as much before, It ſhould have co him ten times more. And the within a month and leſs, The Knight who once he did adreſs, To lend him five pounds on the road, ame there to ake up his abode.