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ARREARS.
1679.
To the Honourable Mrs. Chaworth.
To you I have such Rents to pay;
In Policy I should not stay;
If from my self I knew to run away.
In Policy I should not stay;
If from my self I knew to run away.
Your Cottage tho is in repair;
The inward Rooms well furnisht are;
The Windows glaz'd, and Roof new thatcht with Hair.
The inward Rooms well furnisht are;
The Windows glaz'd, and Roof new thatcht with Hair.
Your Tenant clad in Scarlet Vest,
Carouzing Clarret of the best
Within the Lodging-Chamber of my Breast.
Carouzing Clarret of the best
Within the Lodging-Chamber of my Breast.
High fares he with no ill intent;
For if he starve,—You lose your Rent;
Since none, but he, can farm the Tenement.
For if he starve,—You lose your Rent;
Since none, but he, can farm the Tenement.
My hopes of thriving are decay'd;
Wire-drawing Wit in Rhyme's my Trade;
And I no store of Bullion have for aid.
Wire-drawing Wit in Rhyme's my Trade;
And I no store of Bullion have for aid.
Small stocks in Country trades may do;
Ev'n Pedlers there deserve a view:
As little Gold beat thin will make a shew.
Ev'n Pedlers there deserve a view:
As little Gold beat thin will make a shew.
A smutty Fancy, or bald Jest,
Profaneness in Hobb's Livery drest,
Serve for a Session's charge, or Churching-Feast.
Profaneness in Hobb's Livery drest,
Serve for a Session's charge, or Churching-Feast.
This will not do in London-Town;
Not trusting without Money down:
Hence are their very Lawreats Bankrupts grown.
Not trusting without Money down:
Hence are their very Lawreats Bankrupts grown.
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Nor strange; Times so expensive are:
The Tripos once requir'd less care
To manage well, than now a Barbar's Chair.
The Tripos once requir'd less care
To manage well, than now a Barbar's Chair.
To woo a Lady 'till she's fit,
Needs now more cost of Plot and Wit,
Than formerly to wed, and Children get.
Needs now more cost of Plot and Wit,
Than formerly to wed, and Children get.
Sack's influence once inspir'd the brain:
'Tis well if now it can maintain
Fit Reparties for th' Drawers witty Vein.
'Tis well if now it can maintain
Fit Reparties for th' Drawers witty Vein.
The Coffe-houses now admit
More Criticks, than the very Pit;
As prodigal of Treason, as of Wit.
More Criticks, than the very Pit;
As prodigal of Treason, as of Wit.
Besides all these expensive ways;
I lavisht out, and writ two Playes;
Catching at Hope, I nothing got but Bayes.
I lavisht out, and writ two Playes;
Catching at Hope, I nothing got but Bayes.
Into the Country quite undone,
My Muse and I, both Bankrupts, run:
Like wandring Luther, with his bare-foot Nun.
My Muse and I, both Bankrupts, run:
Like wandring Luther, with his bare-foot Nun.
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