Beasts at law, or zoologian jurisprudence a poem, satirical, allegorical, and moral |
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INDICTMENT.
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INDICTMENT.
“The jurors of the beasts presentOn oath, that Dog had bad intent,
And more than once presumed to leap
On plaintiff, while among the sheep.
July the first, two years ago,
Defendant first began to grow
Impertinent, and in the wood
Committed actions base and rude;
And in and on her body fair,
By force of paws, did then and there
Beat, bruise, ill treat, assault, and so forth,
As plaintiff's evidence will show forth;
And other wrongs and injuries,
Which modest goats must sure despise,
To plaintiff's damage and distress,
For which she humbly prays redress.”
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