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C. more than E. explanicl him blank,
A better way,
An.' iX. for M.'* that wantsa les;,
Xo Ul!-"'^in he.<«ould nut ttiUid fo big,
4 Rojriie for av.
Thus, Morton^ lure from Morf^m rofe,
•f ho* that's the Name he bears in prole ;
By juft tranflation,
Fprfureiince Earth f^om Cliaqs fpriing.
None in fuch flaort time's done more wrong,
In any nation J
Ufllefs thus, that he has not kill'd,
^0. -pyblip (tho' io private fpill'd,
. much peace in Life^
Bat > yet his ar-tificial fram,
I^ifjaiinif^es ^s ^'fnCA tlic Marii *
, Agaaoft the Wife,
But -wiietber like the Cockatrice,
Ib?s •w.ateWui looks fo deathly nice,
poor folk to fell.
Or Argu! like with's'hundred eyes,
Fi-om every xjnart^r flcar'd a prize., j
I cannot tell.
He well the proverb old doth grace;
As laid is, li^s had a good face.
And well f wat,
(Tho' better %^ ) all who him knew,
Confefs'd his .fa,cc reyr'nce drew,
I'm (ure o' that.
For what fo way he werit to work,
He kill'd a FiCli ajt evry fork.
And {omc times twa,
And e'er the dnjmly watfr-? clrar'd.
Drew all the prize, and ofFhc fheer'd ;
4nd's run awa.
That Mifer Widow ^<ren'erous grown,)
Mincurr, (he would not keep her own ;
pofe tocher valu'd,
C. more than E. explanicl him blank,
A better way,
An.' iX. for M.'* that wantsa les;,
Xo Ul!-"'^in he.<«ould nut ttiUid fo big,
4 Rojriie for av.
Thus, Morton^ lure from Morf^m rofe,
•f ho* that's the Name he bears in prole ;
By juft tranflation,
Fprfureiince Earth f^om Cliaqs fpriing.
None in fuch flaort time's done more wrong,
In any nation J
Ufllefs thus, that he has not kill'd,
^0. -pyblip (tho' io private fpill'd,
. much peace in Life^
Bat > yet his ar-tificial fram,
I^ifjaiinif^es ^s ^'fnCA tlic Marii *
, Agaaoft the Wife,
But -wiietber like the Cockatrice,
Ib?s •w.ateWui looks fo deathly nice,
poor folk to fell.
Or Argu! like with's'hundred eyes,
Fi-om every xjnart^r flcar'd a prize., j
I cannot tell.
He well the proverb old doth grace;
As laid is, li^s had a good face.
And well f wat,
(Tho' better %^ ) all who him knew,
Confefs'd his .fa,cc reyr'nce drew,
I'm (ure o' that.
For what fo way he werit to work,
He kill'd a FiCli ajt evry fork.
And {omc times twa,
And e'er the dnjmly watfr-? clrar'd.
Drew all the prize, and ofFhc fheer'd ;
4nd's run awa.
That Mifer Widow ^<ren'erous grown,)
Mincurr, (he would not keep her own ;
pofe tocher valu'd,
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Scotland/Scots > Alerm [sic] to all bankrupt's in Scotland > (2) |
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| Description | Or a timely warning for all honest dealers, to be ware of all such, as that noted bankrupt from Perth: Alexander Morton and his son James. Giving a brief account of their proceedings in and about the town of Perth, where they have defrauded the people of many thousand pounds sterling. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2801(4) |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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