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But I fing Exploits that have lately been done
By two Britijh Heroes, cali'd Matthew and Johai
And how they rid firicndly from fine Londoit
T(3wn,
Fiir EJfex to fee, »nd a Place they cali'd VOIVN.^
Now ere they went out, you may rightly fuppofc,
How mu«h they difcours'd both in Prudence and
i^rofe :
Foi- before this great Journey was throughly con-
certed,
Full often they met, and as often thay parted.
And thus Matthezv faid, look you here, my Friend .
John,
1 fairly have travell'd Years thirty and one 5
And tho' I ftilicarry'd my Sovereign's Warrants,
I only have gone upon other Folks Errands.
And now in this Journey of Life, I would have
A Place where to bait, 'twixt the Court and the
Grave ;
Where joyful to live, not unwilling to die — —
Gadzooks, I have juft fucli a Place in my Eye.
There are Gardens fo ftately, and Arbours fo
thick,
A Portal of Stone, and a Fabrick of Brick.
The Matter next Week fliall be all inyout Pow'r;
But the Money, Gadzooks, muft be paid in an
Hour.
For Things in this World mull by Law be made
certain.
We both muft repair unto Oliver Martin :
For he is a Lawyer of worthy Renown,
I'll brifag you to fee 5 he muft fix you at Down,
Q^oth Matthew, I know, that from "Berwick to
Dover
You've fold all our PsemifTes over and over.