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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.
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.
All honest men will flee thy Company, Thou livest a Rogue, and so a Rogue wilt dye. Innocent boldness thou hast none at all, Thy inward thoughts do thee a Villain call.
All honest men will flee thy Company, Thou liv'st a Rogue, and so a Rogue wilt dye. Innocent boldness thou hast none at all, Thy inward thoughts do thee a Villain call.
Sometimes when thou liest warmly on thy Bed, Thou art like one unto the Gallows led. Fear, as a Constable, breaks in upon thee; Thou art as if the Town was up to stone thee.