VI

When Boys do come to us, and their Intent is

To follow our Calling, we ne'er bind 'em 'Prentice;

Soon as they come to 't, we teach them to do 't,

And give them a Staff and a Wallet to boot;

We teach them their Lingua, to crave and to cant, [7]

The Devil is in them if then they can want.

And he or she, that a Beggar will be,

Without any Indentures they shall be made free.

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