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ing andlcurrilous difcourfe, is worth 

 gold. I love fuch mirth as does not 

 make friends afhamed to look upon 

 one another next morning; nor men 

 (that cannot wel bear it) to repent 

 the money they fpend when they be 

 warmed with drink : and take this 

 for a rule, you may pick out fuch 

 times and fuch companies, that you 

 may make your felves merrier for a 

 little then a great deal of money; for 

 ^T is the company and not the charge 

 that makes thefeaft : and fuch a com- 

 panion you prove, I thank you for 

 it. 



But I will not complement you 

 out of the debt that I owe you, and 

 therefore I will begin my Song, 

 and wifh it may be as well liked. 



The ANGLERS Song. 



As inward lovt breeds outward talk, 

 The Hound feme praife, and feme the Hawk,, 



Some 



