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Pleasant and Diver tive. ij
And when they had sit him down in a Chair,
They all of his Life began to despair,
At length they did venture to put up this Prayer,
Which no Body, &c.
O Thou that Preserv'st us at Bed and Board,
Some help to this Dying Man afford,
For our Squire we fear, is as Drunk as a Lord,
Which no Body, <5rc.
But then came a Couple, I took 'em for Dray-men,
But they prov'd a Brace of your Praying Lay-men,
The one cry'd God Bless him, the other cry'd Amen,
Which no Body, &c.
Then a Pox of your Praying, crys out a Painter,
Unless you had a prevailing Saint here,
Such Winning's enough to make a Man faint here,
Which no Body, &c.
Then First he did wisely Examine his Skull,
His Legs and his Arms he next did pull,
Which made this Calf roar out like a Bull,
Which no Body, &c.
At Portsmouth there lately did Land an Hamburgean,
Who Eat Pickl'd Dog, and took it for Sturgeon,
So we had a Painter instead of -a Surgeon,
Which no Body, &c.
But then came a Lawyer to make up the round,
And he to the Purpose a Proverb had found,
He that's Born to be Hang'd shall never be Drown'd
Which no Body, &c.
Then come some Old Women to make up the Ditty,
With alas good Gentleman, Faith 'twas a Pity,
He was the Prettiest Man in all the City,
Which no Body can deny.
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