Text divider from 'The Humble Beggar', a chapbook printed in Glasgow in 1802
THE TERRIBLE LAW.
The terrible lay when it fastens its paw,on a poor man, it grips him till he's undone;And what I am doing may prove to my ruin,tho' rich as the Lord Mayor of London.Therefore I'll be wary what message I carry,unless we first make a sure zure bargain:I will be demonified, thorowly satisfied,that ch'an shan't zuffer a varding.
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