PRINTED BY J. NICHOLS;

FOR C. BATHURST, J. BUCKLAND, W. STRAHAN, J. RIVING-
TON AND SONS, T. DAVIES, T. PAYNE, L. DAVIS, W. OWEN,.
B. WHITE, S. CROWDER, T. CASLON, T. LONGMAN,
B. LAW, E. AND C. DILLY, J. DODSLEY, H. BALDWIN,
J. WILKIE, J. ROBSON, J. JOHNSON, T. LOWNDES,
T. BECKET, G.ROBINSON, T.CADELL, W.DAVIS,
J. NICHOLS, F. NEWBERY, T. EVANS, J. RID-
LEY, R. BALDWIN, G. NICOL, LEIGH AND
SOTHEBY, J. BEW, N. CONANT,
J.MURRAY, W. FOX, J.BOWEN.

M DCC LXXIX.

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THE Sompner leudly hath his prologue told,

And faine on the Freers his tale japing and bold;
How that in Hell they fearchen near and wide,
And ne one Freer in all thilke place espyde :
But lo! the devil turn'd his erfe about,
And twenty thousand Freers wend in and out.
By which in Jeoffry's rhyming it appears,
The devil's belly is the hive of Freers.
Now liftneth lordings! forthwith ye fhall hear,
What happend at a houfe in Lancashire.
A mifere that had londs and tenement,
Who raketh from his villaines taxes and rent,

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