Chap-books of the eighteenth century . was brought unto much Misery ;He pawnd and mortgagd all his land, ere seven years came about;And now at length this wicked Act, did by this means come out:The Fellow that did take in hand these Children for to kill,Was for a Robbery judgd to dye, as was Gods blessed Will;Who did confess the very Truth of what here is exprest;Their Uncle dyd while he for debt, did long in Prison you that be Executors made, and Overseers eke,Of Children that be Fatherless, and Infants mild and meek ;Take you Example by this thing, and yeild to each his Right,Least
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . was brought unto much Misery ;He pawnd and mortgagd all his land, ere seven years came about;And now at length this wicked Act, did by this means come out:The Fellow that did take in hand these Children for to kill,Was for a Robbery judgd to dye, as was Gods blessed Will;Who did confess the very Truth of what here is exprest;Their Uncle dyd while he for debt, did long in Prison you that be Executors made, and Overseers eke,Of Children that be Fatherless, and Infants mild and meek ;Take you Example by this thing, and yeild to each his Right,Least God with such like Misery, your wicked Minds requite. FINIS. The History of the Two Children in the Wood. 375 In The History of the Children in the Wood; or MurderRevenged, published in Aldermary Churchyard, and all otherChap-books, the name of the father is changed from ArthurTruelove to Pisaurus, the wicked uncle is called Androgus, andthe children are named Cassander and Jane. The three illustrations therefrom tell their own THE HISTORY OF Sir Richard Whittington THRICE Lord Mayor of London.
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