More Knaues yet? The Knaues of Spades and Diamonds. With new Additions [by Samuel Reynolds] |
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The Knaues, of Spades and Diamonds.
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The Knaues, of Spades and Diamonds.
Ovr fellow Harts did late Petition frameTo Cardmakers, some better sutes to claime.
And for vs all, did speake of all our wrongs:
Yet they to whome redresse herein belongs
Amend it not, and little hope appeares.
I thinke before the Conquest many yeares,
We wore the fashion which we still retaine:
But seeing that our sute is spent in vaine,
Weele mend our selues as meanes in time doth grow,
Accepting what some other friends bestow,
As now the honest Princes hath beene kinde,
Bootes, and Stockings, to our Legs doth finde
Garters, Polonia Heeles, and Rose Shose strings,
Which somewhat vs two Knaues in fashion brings.
From the Knee downeward, Legs are well amended,
And we acknowledge that we are befreinded;
And will require him for it as we can:
A knaue sometime may serue an honest man,
To doe him pleasure, such a chance may fall,
Although indeed no trust in knaues at all.
He that must vse them, take this rule from mee,
Still trust a knaue no further then you see.
For the great large abhominable breech
Like Brewers Hopsacks: yet since new they be
Each knaue will haue them, and why should not we
Some Laundresse we also will entreat,
For Bands and Ruffes, which kindnesse to be great
We will confesse, yea and requite it too,
In any seruice that poore knaues can doe,
Scarffes we do want to hang our weapons by,
If any puncke will deale so courteously,
As in the way of fauour to bestow-them,
Rare cheating trickes we will protest to owe them.
Or any pander with a ring in's eare,
That is a gentleman (as he doth sweare)
And will affoord vs hats of newest blocke,
A paire of Cards shall be his trade and stocke,
To get his liuing by for lacke of Lands,
Because he scornes to ouerworke his hands,
And thus ere long we trust we shall be fitted,
Those knaues that cannot shift, are shallow witted.
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