The London-Spy Compleat In Eighteen Parts By the Author of the Trip to Jamaica [i.e. Edward Ward] |
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[May Rats and Mice]
May Rats and Mice
Consume his Shreds,
His Patterns and his Measures;
May Nits and Lice
Infest his Beds,
And Care confound his Pleasures.
Consume his Shreds,
His Patterns and his Measures;
May Nits and Lice
Infest his Beds,
And Care confound his Pleasures.
May his long Bills
Be never paid;
And may his Help-mate Horn-him;
May all his Ills
Be Publick made;
And may his Watchmen Scorn-him.
Be never paid;
And may his Help-mate Horn-him;
May all his Ills
Be Publick made;
And may his Watchmen Scorn-him.
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May Cucumbers
Be all his Food,
And Small-Beer be his Liquor;
Lustful Desires
Still fire his Blood,
But may his Reins grow weaker.
Be all his Food,
And Small-Beer be his Liquor;
Lustful Desires
Still fire his Blood,
But may his Reins grow weaker.
When old may he,
Reduced be
From Constable to Beadle,
And live until
He cannot feel.
His Thimble from his Needle.
Reduced be
From Constable to Beadle,
And live until
He cannot feel.
His Thimble from his Needle.
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