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Opposed all Registers, that Cheats
Might make more Work with dipt Estates;
As were’t unlawful, that one’s own,
Without a Law-Suit, should be known.
They kept off Hearings wilfully,
To finger the retaining Fee;
And to defend a wicked Cause,
Examin’d and survey’d the Laws;
As Burglars Shops and Houses do;
To find out where they’d best break through.

Physicians valued Fame and Wealth
Above the drooping Patient’s Health,
Or their own Skill: The greatest Part
Study’d, instead of Rules of Art,
Grave pensive Looks, and dull Behaviour;
To gain th’Apothecary’s Favour,

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