EPIGRAM.
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Ille Crucem sceleris pretium tulit, Hic Diadema.
Good people of England, ’tis fit you should note What you get, or may suffer, for bribing a vote; And for an example we’ll bring to your view An Irish Lord and a Baronet Jew; The Jew and my Lord in a similar case— One pays a great fine, t’other holds a great place: My Lord is bedeck’d with a Ribbon and Garter, The Jew is in Jail for two years, lack a quarter. And now we’ll compare, if you please to allow us, The Jew in his Jail, with my Lord in the House: The Jew is surrounded by Felons and Debtors, And my Lord by some folks who are little their betters.