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ON THE GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN BY ENGLISH NOBILITY & GENTRY, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: As the ignorant savage will sell his own wife
Last Line: To give these rascals a dose of cawdle
Subject(s): Bible; Mythology; Paintings & Painters


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As the Ignorant Savage will sell his own Wife
For a Sword or a Cutlass a dagger or Knife
So the Taught Savage Englishman spends his whole Fortune
On a smear or a squall to destroy Picture or Tune
And I call upon Colonel Wardle
To give these Rascals a dose of Cawdle





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