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How! old thief, thy wits are lame;

To clip such it is no shame;

I rede you in the devil's name,

Ye come not here to make men game;

By Termagaunt that maketh grame,

I shall to-bete thine head.

_Hic Diabolus capiat eum._

This knave hath sharp fingers, perfay;

Mahound you thank and keep alway,

And give you good knees to pray;

What man hath no lust to play,

The devil wring his ears, I say;

There is no more but wellaway,

For now am I dead.

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