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The Poetical Works of the Ingenious and Learned William Meston | ||
“Sir, if you are such Argumenters,
‘And by such means persuade Dissenters,
‘We mean to give you some small sport,
‘And your own Arguments retort;
‘And you, I hope, will be content,
‘Whatever may be the event
‘Which in this doubtful Skirmish happens,
‘Since we make use of your own Weapons:
‘No man of Houour will refuse
‘To fight, if he the Weapons chuse.”
Quoth he, but you must know the Laws
Do now support the good Old Cause;
If you oppose, the Judges sentence,
At last, will force you to Repentance;
You'd better now forbear from crimes,
Than mourn for them in after-times.
‘And by such means persuade Dissenters,
‘We mean to give you some small sport,
‘And your own Arguments retort;
‘And you, I hope, will be content,
‘Whatever may be the event
‘Which in this doubtful Skirmish happens,
‘Since we make use of your own Weapons:
‘No man of Houour will refuse
‘To fight, if he the Weapons chuse.”
Quoth he, but you must know the Laws
Do now support the good Old Cause;
If you oppose, the Judges sentence,
At last, will force you to Repentance;
You'd better now forbear from crimes,
Than mourn for them in after-times.
The Poetical Works of the Ingenious and Learned William Meston | ||