 | The Knave of Harts |  |
A busie Knaue.
To entermedle with anothers state,And set good friends and neighbors at debate,
To carry tales, and false vntruths about,
VVhereby contentions grow, and fallings out:
To sooth a man, to heare how hee's inclin'd,
And then acquaint another with his minde.
To finde out faults by euery one he knowes:
And any secret, falsely to disclose.
That is the taske, this Rascall takes in hand,
Affaires of other men to vnderstand:
His owne particular he doth neglect,
And that concernes him not, doth most respect,
VVith he, and she, & that, and this mans dealing,
He alwayes hath some matter in reuealing.
Knowes how his neighbours & their wiues agree,
Can tell how rich vnto a Groat they be,
VVhat gains they haue by that they deale withall,
And how their states in wealth doe rise or fall.
But that this Villaine shall be hang'd in hell,
He neuer boasts, although he knows it well.
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