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To English Jacobites, beware
How you this Merchant's paths do tread:
If you are caught in such a Snare,
And by Non-juring Priests misled,
You may like him be famish'd quite,
And die in Ditches like a Dog:
When you are poor, they'l say good night;
They get the Gold, and you the Log.
For if you run into Extremes,
And against Faith believe and hope,
You are bedevil'd by King James,
As he's bedevil'd by the Pope.
For take my word, and to it I'll be sworn,
Monmouth shall rise when James shall e'er return.
How you this Merchant's paths do tread:
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And by Non-juring Priests misled,
You may like him be famish'd quite,
And die in Ditches like a Dog:
When you are poor, they'l say good night;
They get the Gold, and you the Log.
For if you run into Extremes,
And against Faith believe and hope,
You are bedevil'd by King James,
As he's bedevil'd by the Pope.
For take my word, and to it I'll be sworn,
Monmouth shall rise when James shall e'er return.
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