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The Change was great; for frugally
They now lived on their Salary.
That a poor Bee should Ten times come,
To ask his Due, a trifling Sum,
And by some well-hir’d Clerk be made,
To give a Crown, or ne’er be paid;
Would now be call'd a down-right Cheat,
Tho’ formerly a Perquisite.
All Places; managed first by Three,
Who watch’d each other’s Knavery,
And often for a Fellow-feeling,
Promoted one another's Stealing;
Are happily supply’d by one;
By which some Thousands more are gone.
They now lived on their Salary.
That a poor Bee should Ten times come,
To ask his Due, a trifling Sum,
And by some well-hir’d Clerk be made,
To give a Crown, or ne’er be paid;
Would now be call'd a down-right Cheat,
Tho’ formerly a Perquisite.
All Places; managed first by Three,
Who watch’d each other’s Knavery,
And often for a Fellow-feeling,
Promoted one another's Stealing;
Are happily supply’d by one;
By which some Thousands more are gone.
No Honour now could be content,
To live, and owe for what was spent.
Liv'ries in Brokers Shops are hung,
They part with Coaches for a Song;
To live, and owe for what was spent.
Liv'ries in Brokers Shops are hung,
They part with Coaches for a Song;
Sell
