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THE SUGAR-CANE: THE SHAME OF FRANCE by JAMES GRAINGER

First Line: FALSE GALLIA'S SONS, THAT HOE THE OCEAN ISLES
Last Line: AND, WITH ABHORRENCE, REPROBATE THE NAME.
Subject(s): FRANCE; GROCERS; PLANTS; SALESPERSONS; SUGAR; PLANTING; PLANTERS; SELLING;
FALSE Gallia's sons, that hoe the ocean isles,
Mix with their sugar loads of worthless sand,
Fraudful, their weight of sugar to increase.
Far be such guile from Britain's honest swains.
Such arts, awhile, th' unwary may surprise,
And benefit th' impostor; but, ere long,
The skilful buyer will the fraud detect,
And, with abhorrence, reprobate the name.



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