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Cockring Parents.

You wanton parents (that your properest terme)
The roots of wantonnes in euery child:
Supporting Childrens pleasures so infirme,
By cocking of your lobkin louts so wild,
Still yeelding to them at each fond request,
The sames the way that makes a iayle their neast.
Here is the court there is a suit Comenced,
Against you ioyntly by a declaration:
Being found guilty you shalbe recompenced,
As is your child before the selfe same fashion.
More guilty you are found then witles child,
For flattering him in glauering wise so mild.
When child to pilfering any way is bent,
Purloyning, lying, slaundring or debate:
Carying of factious tales found euident,
Or gilty of assisting theeuish mate,
Wheres his receiuer sooner then your selues,
Who lends more listning eares to make bate-elues,
Because tis fit to keepe your children downe,
Which paraduenture youl' forget to doe:
Vntrusse sir knaue, and Ile put of your gowne,
Breech, Smocke and Petticote I tell you trew.
Ile lace your querkes full soundly that procures.
Dericke to hang himselfe and none of youres.