Xcii. [79]

Then were brought nigh a Company   of Civil honest Men, Civil honest That lov’d true dealing and hated stealing,   ne’er wrong’d their Bretheren; Who pleaded thus: “Thou knowest us   that we were blameless livers; No Whoremongers, no Murderers,   no quarrelers nor strivers.

XCIII.

“Idolaters, Adulterers,   Church-robbers we were none, Nor false dealers, nor cozeners,   but paid each man his own. Our way was fair, our dealing square,   we were no wasteful spenders, No lewd toss-pots, no drunken sots,   no scandalous offenders.