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The Dis-honest borrower.
Sir, as you euer haue (vntill this hower)Bin my best friend by your assisting power,
And done more for me in true action try'd,
Then all the friends I haue, haue done beside,
So let me once againe on vrgent cause
(Which all my credit into Question drawes)
Obtaine to borrow for a month ten pound,
And as I haue tofore, I will rest bound
In all the duties of a gratefull heart,
Till my Immortall substance hence depart.
The money lent, as fawning friend desir'd,
Month after month, and yeeres at length expir'd;
Came to his Debtor, and intreats him pay.
Pay, Sir (quoth he?) what mony doe I owe?
What Bond or Bill to proue it, can you show?
This you demand is false, and I deny it,
First proue a Debt, and then come lawfull by it.
My answere is, I owe you not a shilling,
My conscience is, Ile ne're pay penny willing.
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