 | Ostella Or the Faction of Love and Beauty Reconcil'd |  |
My Friend Paul Squire.
Thou lent'st me twenty shillings, (true) and ten,which thou would'st have me pay thee back agen;
And for the speed of it thou bid'st me baul,
and borrow, or rob Peter to pay Paul.
Rare Christian Counsel I commend thee now,
I'l gang about it,—but—I ken not how:
Comfort thy self with hopes, I prithee do;
I have a Friend will do't,—I—ken not who;
Perhaps he's at the Indies with his Ware,
Constantinople,—or—I know not where:
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and thou art like t' be paid—I—know not when,
Take this my Paul in the Exchange of thine;
I'm confident it is far better Coin.
| Ostella Or the Faction of Love and Beauty Reconcil'd | |