DUET.--Nicholas and Lisette.

Nic.        I came to woo, as an honest man should.
Lis.        You prov'd untrue, as all rogues would.
Both.        Rogues! rouges! of every degree;
                And I'll tell you buy and by what rouges there be.
Lis.        I gave you my hand, as an honest girl should.
Nic.        And I bought a ring, as a bridegroom would.
Both.                Rogues! rouges! &c.
Lis.        I went to the church, as an honest woman should.
Nic.        And I say'd away--
Lis.                        As all rogues would.
Both.                Rogues! rouges! &c.
Nic.        I borrow'd of my rival--
Lis.                                As most fools would.
Nic.        So he lock'd me up--
Lis.                        As All rogues would.
Both.                Rogues! rogues! &c.
Nic.        He tied me up quite fast, and far away from town.
Lis.        What! tied you up!
Nic.                        Yes; but I knock'd him down.
Both.                Rogues! rogues! &c.
Nic.        Here's my hand--
Lis.                        Not while this moral hold good.
Nic.        He that won't when he many--
Lis.                                Never shall when he would.
Both.        For rogues are rogues in every degree,
                And now I've told you how the rogue served me.

c1830. The Man and the Marquis. Undated. London: John Cumberland.


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