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(Prithee, be pleased not to tell!) from Via Sacra be ta'en.

An fro' me woman shall thieve or plunder me man or a man-child,She shall pay me with coynte, that with his mouth, this with arse.

Whoso of violets here shall pluck or rose,Or furtive greens or apples never bought,May he in want of woman or of boyBy the same tension you in me beholdGo burst, I ever pray, and may his yardAgainst his navel throb and rap in vain.

Here has the bailiff, now of this plentiful garden the guardian,Bidden me care for the place he to my service entrusts.Thief! thou shalt suffer the pain albeit crying in anger--'What! for a cabbage all this? This for a cabbage I bear?'

This staff of office cut from tree as 'tis,