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He went into a rich Booksellers shop | He went into a rich Booksellers shop | ||
Quoth he we are both of one College | |||
For I sat myself like a | For I sat myself like a Cormorant once | ||
Hard by the tree of Knowledge | Hard by the tree of Knowledge | ||
7 | 7 | ||
He saw a Cottage with a double coach | He saw a Cottage with a double coach house | ||
A Cottage of gentility | A Cottage of gentility | ||
And the devil grinn'd for his | And the devil grinn'd for his lasting vise | ||
Is Pride that apes Humility | Is Pride that apes Humility | ||
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A pig came swimming with wind & tide | A pig came swimming with wind & tide | ||
Came swimming with great celerity | Came swimming with great celerity | ||
And the Devil was tickled he saw all the whil[e | And the Devil was tickled he saw all the whil[e] | ||
How it cut its own throat & he thought with a [ | How it cut its own throat & he thought with a [smile] | ||
Of England's Commercial Prosperity | Of England's Commercial Prosperity | ||
Latest revision as of 21:45, 11 July 2017
6 He went into a rich Booksellers shop Quoth he we are both of one College For I sat myself like a Cormorant once Hard by the tree of Knowledge
7 He saw a Cottage with a double coach house A Cottage of gentility And the devil grinn'd for his lasting vise Is Pride that apes Humility
8 As he walk'd through Cold bath fields he saw A solitary cell And the Devil was pleas'd for it gave him a For improving the Prisins in Hell
9 A pig came swimming with wind & tide Came swimming with great celerity And the Devil was tickled he saw all the whil[e] How it cut its own throat & he thought with a [smile] Of England's Commercial Prosperity