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"But lest the Mutton, when you've eat,
"To pay the same you should forget,
"I'd thank you for your name."
To save his purse, a poor half-crown,
— ———'s name he did write down
And gave it for his own.
With Leg of Mutton on his back,
He justified this worthy act,
As he limped westward home.
"Since by the laws of ordination
"I have been thrown into temptation,
“The fault could not be mine;
“For what was doom'd before creation
Will little touch my own salvation,
“Or yet be deem'd a crime.
But what are moral actions worth,
Compared with faith in myst'rous truth,
"Which fully I inherit?
"Thro' strength of faith in the elected,
"Our little faults are all neglected,
"On faith we ground our merit."
On this matter then no more he thought,
But the Mutton Leg to ——— brought
And quickly did devour.
Such a most glorious recreation
Strengthend his strokes of degradation
On those within his power.
