VII

The nineteenth's a prigger of cacklers who harms, [25]

The poor country higlers, and plunders the farms; [26]

He steals all their poultry, and thinks it no sin,

When into the hen-roost, in the night, he gets in;

The twentieth's a thief-catcher, so we him call,

Who if he be nabb'd will be made pay for all.

Toure you well, etc.

[in _Bacchus and Venus_ (1737) an additional stanza is given:--]

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