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Now Sir, you find our sufferitgs do agree,
One Bishop clapt up you, another me:
But oh! the difference too is very great,
You are allow'd to walk, to drink and eat,
I want them all, and never a penny get.
And though you be debarr'd your liberty,
Yet all your Visitors I hope are free,
Good Men, good Women, and good Angels come
And make your Prison better then your home.
Now may it be so till your foes repent
They gave you such a rich Imprisonment.
May for the greater comfort of your lives,
Your lying in be better then your Wives.
May you a thousand friendly papers see,
And none prove empty, except this from me.
And if you stay may I come keep your door,
Then farewel Parsonage, I shall ne'r be poor.
One Bishop clapt up you, another me:
But oh! the difference too is very great,
You are allow'd to walk, to drink and eat,
I want them all, and never a penny get.
And though you be debarr'd your liberty,
Yet all your Visitors I hope are free,
Good Men, good Women, and good Angels come
And make your Prison better then your home.
Now may it be so till your foes repent
They gave you such a rich Imprisonment.
May for the greater comfort of your lives,
Your lying in be better then your Wives.
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And none prove empty, except this from me.
And if you stay may I come keep your door,
Then farewel Parsonage, I shall ne'r be poor.
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