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The devil then made this reply,
Such foolish talk as this I pray lay by ;
In yonder village there is kept a fair,
And if you’ll go a show you will see there.
Ko, sir, I beg that you will me excuse,
To go with you indeed I must refuse,
Besides a, stranger, sir, you are to me,
Your convocation won’t with mo agree.
You talk as if you did not better know>
Of having me to see a gallant show,
Tor, if my learning I neglect at school,
I surely should be taken for a fool.
Then Satan said, my lovely youth so fair,
Will you the pleasure of the world forbear ;
The child replied, I needs must tell you plain,
That all your talk to me it is in vain.
Then finding he could no impression make,
Upon this he did immediately take,
Out of his pocket, a large purse of gold,
Saying here, my pretty boy, here this behold,
All this I do intend to give to thee,
If unto my advice you will agree,
I’d have you take your pleasure while you’re b
And never think so much of wor'dly cue.
The devil then made this reply,
Such foolish talk as this I pray lay by ;
In yonder village there is kept a fair,
And if you’ll go a show you will see there.
Ko, sir, I beg that you will me excuse,
To go with you indeed I must refuse,
Besides a, stranger, sir, you are to me,
Your convocation won’t with mo agree.
You talk as if you did not better know>
Of having me to see a gallant show,
Tor, if my learning I neglect at school,
I surely should be taken for a fool.
Then Satan said, my lovely youth so fair,
Will you the pleasure of the world forbear ;
The child replied, I needs must tell you plain,
That all your talk to me it is in vain.
Then finding he could no impression make,
Upon this he did immediately take,
Out of his pocket, a large purse of gold,
Saying here, my pretty boy, here this behold,
All this I do intend to give to thee,
If unto my advice you will agree,
I’d have you take your pleasure while you’re b
And never think so much of wor'dly cue.
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Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Religion & morality > Satan's decoy, or, The youth's faith in Christ > (3) |
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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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