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A CAVEAT AGAINST CUTPURSES My masters and friends and good people draw near And look to your purses for that I do say And though little money in them you do bear it costs more to get than to lose in a day You often have been told by young and by old And bidden beware of the cutpurse so bold Then if you not take heed free me from the curse Who both give you warning for and the cutpurse Youth, youth, thou hads't better been starved by thy nurse Than lived to be hanged for cutting a purse Youth, youth, thou hads't better been starved by thy nurse Than lived to be hanged for cutting a purse It hat been upbraided to men of my trade That oft times we are the cause of this crime Alack and for pity why should it be said And if they regarded or places or times Examples have been of somewhat were seen in Westminster hall, yea the pleaders between Then why should judged by free of this curse More than my poor self for cutting a purse But O you vile nation of cutpurses all Relent and repent and amend and be sound And know that you ought not by honest men's fall Advance your own fortunes to die above ground And though you may go gay in silks as you may It's not the highway to heaven they say Repent then, repent you for better for worse And kiss not the gallows for cutting a purse @outlaw filename[ CUTPURSE AJS |
A Caveat for Cutpurses (Packington's Pound) Packington's Pound (A caveat for Cutpurses) |
