Ars catchpolaria, or the art of destroying mankind Intended as a Vade-mecum or Pocket Companion to Messengers and other executors of the Law [by James Wilson] |
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A HYMN,
To be sung by CATCHPOLES every morning in their families.
If I oppress mankind this day,
Perdition be my lot;
Let all I have fall in decay,
My bowels in me rot.
Perdition be my lot;
Let all I have fall in decay,
My bowels in me rot.
If widows and the fatherless,
I e'er give cause to cry;
Or pris'ner make the moneyless,
despairing let me die.
I e'er give cause to cry;
Or pris'ner make the moneyless,
despairing let me die.
Such measure as I this day give,
May it be met to me,
And may my offspring never thrive,
If I extort high fee.
May it be met to me,
And may my offspring never thrive,
If I extort high fee.
If guile and fraud or cruel deed,
Flow from my heart or hand,
Accursed be myself and seed
May we be ever damn'd.
Flow from my heart or hand,
Accursed be myself and seed
May we be ever damn'd.
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