Part 3 (1/2)

the bien coue's bingd awast; [34]

On chates to trine, by Rome-coues dine [35]

for his long lib at last. [36]

Bingd out bien morts, and toure, and toure,[37]

bing out of the Rome-vile; [38]

And toure the coue, that cloyde your duds,[39]

upon the chates to trine.[40]

[1 Go abroad, good women,]

[2 and look about you;]

[3 For all your clothes are stolen;]

[4 and a good fellow (a clever thief) has the money.]

[5 I met a wench and summed her up,]

[6 she suited me very well]

[7 So (joining company) she watched while I stole]

[8 whatever came our way.]

[9 This young wh.o.r.e can lie like truth,]

[10 fornicate vigorously for a penny]

[11 And steal very cleverly]

[12 on the countryside]

[13 When the house was alarmed we had good luck]

[14 in spite of frost and snow]

[15 When they sought us we hid]

[16 in the woods.]

[17 To a thieves' receiving house the woman goes]

[18 to get money for the swag--]

[19 Notes]

[20 got by a rogue's dexterity.]

[21 Ye rogues do not brag of your booty]

[22 to rogues who are not straight]

[23 Or trust a mistress, who though she [Notes]]

[24 does so for hire.]

[25 With a counterfeit license and forged signatures [Notes]]

[26 as to losses by fire]

[27 To rob each house let a man go]

[28 thro' hedge, ditch and field]

[29 Till fetters are his desserts]

[30 and a prison is his fate]

[31 A plague take the magistrate!]

[32 who is so hard on a clever rogue]

[33 A good-night then to drink, wench, and ale-house--]