I will defend a woman while I liue, A virgin and an innocent beside; Therefore put vp or else thy chaunce abide.

So, putting their wits together, they Made one great blossom so bright and gay, The lily beside it seemed blurred:

And, indeed, the letter told of little beside.

Nine days I floated starving, and a negro lass beside, Till for all I tried to cheer her, the poor young thing she died; But as I lay a gasping, a Bristol sail came by, And brought me home to England here, to beg until I die.

40 Thus, when the villain crams his chest, Gold is the canker of the breast; 'Tis avarice, insolence, and pride, And every shocking vice beside.