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Able and willing you will me find,
⟨tho'⟩ bound in chains, still free in mind;
(illegible text)r with these things I’ll ne’er be griev’d,
tho’ of freedom I’m bereav’d.
⟨In⟩ this vain world there is no rest,
⟨and⟩ life is but a span at best;
⟨the⟩ rich, the poor, the old, the young,
⟨shall⟩ all lie low before it's long.
⟨I am⟩ a rogue, I don’t deny,
(illegible text)t never liv’d by treachery;
(illegible text)d to rob a poor man I disown,
(illegible text)t them that are of high renown.
⟨Now⟩, for the crime I am condemned,
⟨the⟩ same I never did intend,
⟨only⟩ my liberty to take,
I thought my life did lie at stake.
⟨My⟩ life, by perjury, was sworn away,
⟨I⟩ say that to my dying day.
(illegible text),treacherous S—, you did me betray,
(illegible text)all I wanted was liberty.
⟨No⟩ malice in my heart is found,
any man above the ground;
⟨Now⟩, all good people that speak of me,
