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O never an oathe sweares he, / And never a pig-taile jerkes; / With a brick-batte he ne lurkes / For to buste y'e crust, perdie, / Of y'e man from over sea, / A-synging as he werkes.
For he knows ful well, y's youth, / A tricke of exceeding worth: / And he plans withouten ruth / A conflagration's birth!