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[I.]

Sure 'twas a Dream: How long, Fond Man, have I
Been lull'd into Captivity?
My Newgate was my Want of Wit,
I did my Self commit, my Bonds I Knit:
I my own Gaoler was, my only Foe
That did my freedome disallow:
I was a Prisoner 'cause I would be so.