 | Works of John Taylor the Water Poet not included in the folio volume of 1630 |  |
And first of the Knaves Puritan.
Hee that resists the world, the flesh, and Fiend,And makes a conscience how his daies he spend
Who hates excessive drinking, Drabs and Dice,
And (in his heart) hath God in highest price;
That lives conformable to Law, and State,
Nor from the Truth will flie or separate:
That will not sweare, or couzen, cogge, or lie,
But strives (in Gods feare) how to live and die:
He that seekes thus to do the best he can,
He is the Knaves abused Puritan.
| Works of John Taylor the Water Poet not included in the folio volume of 1630 | |