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They priz'd not peace, nor great increase
Got in the year fifteen;
Their aim is dearth, starve from the earth
Poor honest lab'ring men.
As truth I wrote, Lairds value not
Their growling vexing plaints,
Make them more low, and frugal go,
And duely pay their rents.