To Mr. Murray (for Oxford and for Waldegrave)

For Oxford and for Waldegrave / You give much more than me you gave; / Which is not fairly to behave, / My Murray.

Because if a live dog, 'tis said, / Be worth a lion fairly sped, / A live lord must be worth two dead, / My Murray.

And if, as the opinion goes, / Verse hath a better sale than prose - / Certes, / I should have more than those, / My Murray.

But now this sheet is nearly cramm'd, / So, if you will, / I shan't be shamm'd, / And if you won't, you may be damn'd, / My Murray.