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t, but wee doe coozen:
For, if our debtors pay, wee coozen them;
And if they doe not, then we coozen our ? elues.
But that's a hazard euery one mu? t runne, 25
That hopes to make his Sonne a Gentleman!

PLV. I doe not wi? h to be one, truely, Father.
In a de? cent, or two, wee come to be
Iu? t 'itheir ? tate, fit to be coozend, like 'hem.
And I had rather ha' tarryed i' your trade: 30
For, ? ince the _Gentry_ ? corne the Citty ? o much, [130]
Me thinkes we ?
hould in time, holding together,
And matching in our owne tribes, as they ? ay,
Haue got an _Act_ of _Common Councell_, for it,
That we might coozen them out of _rerum natura_. 35

GVI. I, if we had an _Act_ fir? t to forbid
The marrying of our wealthy heyres vnto 'hem:
And daughters, with ? uch laui? h portions.
That confounds all.

PLV. And makes a _Mungril_ breed, Father.
And when they haue your money, then they laugh at you: 40
Or kick you downe the ? tayres. I cannot abide 'hem.
I would faine haue 'hem coozen'd, but not tru? ted.

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