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Plaine troth that harbours in the country swain,
The Cunny stands defendant, the Cheaters vain
Is to vphold an eloquent smooth toong
To be truths Orator righting eury wrong:
Before the cause concluded tooke effect,
In comes a crew of fidling knaues abiect,
The very refuse of that rabble rout,
Halfe shooes vpon their feet torne round about,
Saue little Dicke the dapper singing knaue,
He had a thread bare coate to make him braue:
God knowes scarce worth a tester, if it were
Vallewed at most, of seuen it was too deere.
Well take it as they list, shakerag came in,
Making no doubt but they would like of him:
And twere but for his person a pretty lad
Well quallified, hauing a singing trade.
Well so it was the Cheater must be merry,
And he a song must haue, cald hey down derry.
So Dick begins to sing, the fidler play,
The melancholly Cunny replies, nay, nay: