The London-Spy Compleat In Eighteen Parts By the Author of the Trip to Jamaica [i.e. Edward Ward] |
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[May the Cockroach and Moth]
May
the Cockroach and Moth,
Eat such Holes in their Cloth,
That the Prime-Cost may never return in;
But must all be laid by,
For a Black Rusty Dye,
Fit for Dead-mongers Lacquays to Mourn-in.
Eat such Holes in their Cloth,
That the Prime-Cost may never return in;
But must all be laid by,
For a Black Rusty Dye,
Fit for Dead-mongers Lacquays to Mourn-in.
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May their Second-band Stocks,
Of Coats, Breeches and Cloakes,
Hang by till they're quite out of Fashion;
And like Userers Bags,
May they Rot into Rags,
And Provoke the Damn'd Knaves to a Passion.
Of Coats, Breeches and Cloakes,
Hang by till they're quite out of Fashion;
And like Userers Bags,
May they Rot into Rags,
And Provoke the Damn'd Knaves to a Passion.
May their Taylor, ne'er Trust,
Nor their Servants prove just;
And their Wives and their Families vex 'em:
May their Foreheads all Ake,
And their Debtors all Break;
And their Consciences daily perplex 'em.
Nor their Servants prove just;
And their Wives and their Families vex 'em:
May their Foreheads all Ake,
And their Debtors all Break;
And their Consciences daily perplex 'em.
With their Whores may they Sport,
Till their Noses fall short,
And have none but a Quack to come nigh 'em;
And in Fluxing become
Lame, Deaf, Blind, and Dumb,
That a Man may walk quietly by 'em.
Till their Noses fall short,
And have none but a Quack to come nigh 'em;
And in Fluxing become
Lame, Deaf, Blind, and Dumb,
That a Man may walk quietly by 'em.
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