A _Hermit_ and a _Soldier_.
There was a _Holy-Man_ that took a _Soldier_ to Task, upon the Subject
of his Profession, and laid before him the Hazzards, the Sins, and the
Troubles that Attend People of that Trade; Wherefore, says he, for your
Souls sake, Sir, Pray give it over. Well! _Father_, says the _Soldier_;
I’ll do as you bid me; for really we are so Ill paid, and there’s so
little to be Gotten by Pillage, that I Phansy I had e’en as good Betake
my self to a Godly Life.
The MORAL.
_When People can Live no longer by their Sins, ’tis High Time for them to
Mend their Manners._