Royalty > Fable of the widow and her cat

                     V.

" Muſt I, againſt all Right and Law,
" Like Pole-Cat vile be treated ?
" I! who ſo long with Tooth and Claw
" Have kept Domeſtick Mice in awe,
" And Foreign Foes defeated !

                     VI.

" Your Golden Pippins, and your Pies,
" How oſt have I defended?
" I tore in Frolick ; to your Eyes
" I never Harm intended.

                     VII.

^" I am a Cat of Honour—— Stay,
Quo' She, no longer parly;
Whate'er you did in Battlſe ſlay,
By Law of Arms became your Prey,
I hope you won it fairly.

                     VIII.

Of this, well grant you ſtand acquuit,
But not of your Outrages:
Tell me, Perſidious!Was it fit
To make my Cream a PERQUISITE,
And Steal to mend your Wages?

                     IX.

So flagrant is Thy Inſolence,
So vile Thy Breach of Truſt is;
That longer with Thee to Diſpenſe,
Were want of Pow'r, or want of Senſe:
Here, Towzer!--- Do Him Justice.

Printed in the Year 1712.