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think my Fact so great, But thou may'st put into thy own Will. The Quest of Jury-Men was call'd, The best that was in _Garland_ Town; Eleven of them spoke all in a-breast, Sir _Hugh_ in the _Grime_ thou'st ne'er gang down. Then other Questry-men was call'd, The best that was in _Rumary_; Twelve of them spoke all in a-breast, Sir _Hugh_ in the _Grime_ thou'st now Guilty. Then came down my good Lord _Boles_, Falling down upon his Knee; Five hundred Pieces of Gold will I give, To grant Sir _Hugh_ in the _Grime_ to me. Peace, peace, my good Lord _Boles_, And of your Speeches set them by; If there be Eleven _Grimes_ all of a Name, Then by my own Honour they all should dye. Then came down my good Lady _Ward_, Falling low upon her Knee; Five hundred Measures of Gold I'll give, And grant Sir _Hugh_ of the _Grime_ to me. Peace, peace, my good Lady _Ward_, None of your proffers shall him buy, For if there be Twelve _Grimes_ all of a Name, By my own Honour all should dye. Sir _Hugh_ of the _Grime's_ condemn'd to dye, And of his Friends he had no lack; Fourteen Foot he leapt in his Ward, His Hands bound fast upon his Back. Then he look'd over his left Shoulder, To see whom he could see or 'spye; There was he aware of his Father dear, Came tearing his Hair most pitifully. Peace, peace, my Father dear, And of your Speeches set them by; Tho' they have bereav'd me of my Life, They cannot bereave me of Heaven so high. He look'd over his right Shoulder, To see whom he could see or 'spye; There was he aware of his Mother dear, Came tearing her Hair most pitifully. Pray have me remember'd to _Peggy_ my Wife, As she and I walk'd over the Moor; She was the cause of the loss of my Life, And with the old Bishop she play'd the Whore. Here _Johnny Armstrong_, take thou my Sword; That is made of the metal so fine; And when thou com'st to the Border side, Remember the Death of Sir _Hugh_ of the _Grime_. _The disappointed_ TAYLOR: _Or good Work done for Nothing._ [Music] A Taylor good Lord, in the Time of Vacation, When Cabbage was scarce and when Pocket was low, For the Sale of good Liquor pretended a Passion, To one that sold Ale in a Cuckoldy Row: Now a Louse made him Itch, Here a Scratch, there a Stitch, And sing Cucu
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