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(356) Page 332 - Eustace Comines, the Irish evidence, his farewell to England
332 APPENDIX.
<IBu0tace Comineg, t\)z JviqI) Cbinmce, \)i6 fatzWli to
Cnglann.
1683.
Be me shoul and shalvation,
hone ! hone !
I'll go to my own nation. .
hone ! hone !
Old Tony hence is fled,
And Russel's lost his head :
I starve for want of bread.
hone ! hone !
This saucy English plot
hone ! hone !
Did make ours go to pot.
hone ! hone 1
What shall I do to go ?
Let me see : ho ! ho !
Pox take me if I know.
hone ! hone !
My face does red wid shame,
hone ! hone I
That ever here I came.
hone ! hone !
Ten, twenty curse upon
Sham Justice Hedrington,
That made me first leave home !
hone ! hone I
" Agra, Eustace," he did say,
hone ! hone !
" You moyle for groat a-day.
hone ! hone !
A Plot-office now is ope,
I will advance your hope.
If you'll swear against the Pope."
hone ! hone !
" Be Chreest, I will," said I,
hone ! hone !
" Tell you ten hundred Ije :
hone ! hone /

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