Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."

Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."

Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.

Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.

When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.

When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more

There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.

Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.

Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.

He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.

He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.

Of a new Prince, new bondage.

Of a new Prince, new bondage.