(6) So Simple was I, Pd have dy'd for the ſake, (take, Of Miſs-fortune, Miſs-conduct, Miſs.chance, and Miſs- At length fair Diſcretion, with Reaſon combin'd, Thus whiſper'd advice, and it dwelt on my mind, " You've ſurely not got 'em, For better for worſe ; " Get at once into bus'neſs, you'll get a devorce. I thought 'twas my duty to part with 'em too; Becauſe they ſo long had detain'd me from you: And now, do but ſmile, and I'll ever forſake, Miſs-fortune, Miſs-conduct, Miſs-chance, & Miſs-take.
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THE CONTENTED MAN. TY dog and my miſtreſs are both of a kind, Aſ ſickle aſ fancy, inconſtant aſ wind ; My dog follows every ſtrange heel in the ſtreets, And my miſtreſs as fond of each fellow ſhe meets. Yet, in ſpite of her arts, I'll not make the leaſt ſtrife, But be cheery, and merry, and happy thro' life. Go Miſs where ſhe will, and whenever ſhe pleaſe, Her conduct shall ne'er my philoſophy teaze, Her freedom ſhall never imbitter my glee, One woman's the fame as another to me. So, in ſpite of her airs, I'll not make the leaſt ſtrife, But be cheery, and merry, and happy thro' life. (illegible text) laught at the wretches who ſtupidly pine, For falſe-hearted gipſey's, they title divine; At worſt of my love-fits, no phyſic I aſk, But that which is found in the bowl or the flaſk. For go things how they will, I'll not make the leaſt ſtrife But be cheery, and merry, and happy thro' life. The girl that behaves with good humour and ſenſe, ſhall find to my heart have the warmeſt pretence ; And for thoſe that would jült me, deceive and betray, In honeſter bumpers I'll waſh them away. 'Tis my final reſolve, not to make the leaſt ſtriſe, But be cheery, and merry, and happy thro' life.
