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Rustics.
We'll try the test;
It must be true.
First Rustic (bringing a Bible)
This Bible's somewhat large,
'Twill weigh the beldam down, now neighbour Giles
Your scales are handy—
They weigh the witch, who proves the heaviest.
Second Rustic.
We have been to blame;
She has outweighed the sacred volume—see
It seems a feather in the balance.
Traveller.
Friends!
Go to your homes and ponder on the word
Of Him who graciously vouchsafed to give
That holy volume to a sinful world.
Oh know ye not that when the blessed Son
Of light and peace gave up his life for us
