III

For such pretty Pledges, as Lullies from Hedges. [2]

We are not in fear to be drawn upon Sledges,

But sometimes the Whip doth make us to skip

And then we from Tything to Tything do trip;

But when in a poor Boozing-Can we do bib it, [3]

We stand more in dread of the Stocks than the Gibbet

And therefore a merry mad Beggar I'll be

For when it is night in the Barn tumbles he.

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