VII

We beg for our Bread, yet sometimes it happens

We fast it with Pig, Pullet, Coney, and Capons

The Church's Affairs, we are no Men-slayers,

We have no Religion, yet live by our Prayers;

But if when we beg, Men will not draw their Purses,

We charge, and give Fire, with a Volley of Curses;

The Devil confound your good Worship, we cry,

And such a bold brazen-fac'd Beggar am I.

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