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 'Tis gold
 Which buys admittance--oft it doth--yea, and makes
  Diana's rangers false themselves, yield up
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 'Tis gold
 Which buys admittance--oft it doth--yea, and makes
  Diana's rangers false themselves, yield up
   This deer to th' stand o' th' stealer: and 'tis gold
    Which makes the true man kill'd and saves the thief,
     Nay, sometimes hangs both thief and true man. 
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
 No mortal thing can bear so high a price,
 But that with mortal thing it may be bought.  
 No mortal thing can bear so high a price,
 But that with mortal thing it may be bought. 
There is gold for you. Sell me your good report.
There is gold for you. Sell me your good report.
 But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold,
 Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold.  
 But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold,
 Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold. 
 Alas! the small discredit of a bribe
 Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe.  
 Alas! the small discredit of a bribe
 Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe. 
 What, shall one of us,
 That struck for the foremost man of all this world
  But for read more 
 What, shall one of us,
 That struck for the foremost man of all this world
  But for supporting robbers--shall we now
   Contaminate our fingers with base bribes,
    And sell the mighty space of our large honors
     For so much trash as may be grasped thus? 
 And ye sall walk in silk attire,
 And siller hae to spare,
  Gin ye'll consent to be read more 
 And ye sall walk in silk attire,
 And siller hae to spare,
  Gin ye'll consent to be his bride,
   Nor think o'Donald mair. 
 Flowery oratory he [Walpole] despised. He ascribed to the 
interested views of themselves or their relatives the 
declarations read more 
 Flowery oratory he [Walpole] despised. He ascribed to the 
interested views of themselves or their relatives the 
declarations of pretended patriots, of whom he said, "All those 
men have their price."