VII. _The Country Gentleman._

Though strange outl[=a]dish spirits praise towns, and country scorn,

The country is my home, I dwel where I was born:

There profit and command with pleasure I pertake,

Yet do not Haukes and dogs, my sole companions make.

I rule, but not oppresse, end quarrels, not maintaine;

See towns, but dwel not there, t'abridge my charg or train.

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