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There's [Cuff?] and Cesar, Pomp and Plato | There's [Cuff?] and Cesar, Pomp and Plato | ||
"Dey do bery well," quoth Cato- | "Dey do bery well," quoth Cato- | ||
And Bantam Phillip; now for | And Bantam Phillip; now for [2 illegible] | ||
We must take Icipio Bantam's brother. | We must take Icipio Bantam's brother. | ||
"I no like Icip" old Cato cries | "I no like Icip" old Cato cries | ||
"Icip rascal, tell about me lies, | "Icip rascal, tell about me lies, | ||
"And get me whipped- | "And get me whipped- [illegible] 'tis all one | ||
Icip shall be bearer, Icip or none. | Icip shall be bearer, Icip or none. | ||
"Mind me, quoth Cato, "if dat cur | "Mind me, quoth Cato, "if dat cur | ||
"Dat Icip, come bearer, Tho stir"- | "Dat Icip, come bearer, [Tho?] stir"- | ||
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[Jennifer J. Leong Cardwell, j_leongcardwell@yahoo.com, transcription 10 July 2017] The Dying Negro [underlined with a dotted line] Old Cato on his death-bed lying worn out with work, and almost dying With patience heard his friends propose, What bearers for him they had chose. There's [Cuff?] and Cesar, Pomp and Plato "Dey do bery well," quoth Cato- And Bantam Phillip; now for [2 illegible] We must take Icipio Bantam's brother. "I no like Icip" old Cato cries "Icip rascal, tell about me lies, "And get me whipped- [illegible] 'tis all one Icip shall be bearer, Icip or none. "Mind me, quoth Cato, "if dat cur "Dat Icip, come bearer, [Tho?] stir"-