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A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for childrenA book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children
A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for children by J.B.A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children by J.B.
London: printed for N.P., 1686
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A BOOK FOR Boys and Girls, &c. › Poem 30: XXX. Upon the Thief.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
XXX. Upon the Thief.
The Thief, when he doth steal, thinks he doth gain▪ Yet then the greatest Loss he doth sustain. Come Thief, tell me thy Gains, but do not falter When summed what comes it to more than the Halter▪
THe Thief, when he doth steal, thinks he doth gain▪ Yet then the greatest Loss he doth sustain. Come Thief, tell me thy Gains, but do not falter When sum'd what comes it to more than the Halter▪
Perhaps, thou wilt say, the Halter I defy; So thou mayst say, yet by the Halter dye. Thou wilt say, then there's an end; no, prithee hold He was no Friend of thine that thee so told.
Perhaps, thoul't say, the Halter I defie; So thou mayst say, yet by the Halter dye. Thoul't say, then there's an end; no, prethee hold He was no Friend of thine that thee so told.
Hear thou the Word of God, that will thee tell Without Repentance Thieves must go to Hell. But should it be as thy false Prophet says, Yet nought but Loss doth come by Thievish ways.