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Matthew Prior. Dialogues of the Dead and Other Works

in Prose and Verse. The Text Edited by A. R. Waller
Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)

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DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD AND OTHER WORKS IN PROSE AND VERSE

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TWO BEGGARS Disputing their Right to an Oyster they had Found; a Lawyer thus decides the Cause.

Blind Plaintiff, lame Defendant, share
The friendly Laws impartial care.
A Shell for Him, A Shell for Thee,
The Middle is the Lawyer's-Fee.
So Judge's Word decrees the People's Right,
And Magna Charta is a Paper-Kite.
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