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; AN O'ER TRUE- SYDNEY; TAXE.'
Riimoun arc rife, rumours ure rife.
Of nu amorous draper,; who, Tainting n wife, '
.-. Made up toa dashing anet Invenido ir/Jaie, '
. Though her spouse wu alive, and of her had got rid, oh.
Thc swain proposed marriage, tho lady aald " aye*,"
: In rosy confusion, bewitchingly sly,
lint n.niehow the gallant was tickle, and sought -
To escape tram tho chains his enslaver had wrought.
The lady indignant thc law did invoke,
And for damages, guineas 5U00 bespoke, <
When, afraid of becoming thc talk nf the town, : . ? .
tatuarlo quickly 100O slumped down. .
Kow aa lt turns out that tho lady was married, : >
If hapless-young Yardwand had only bat tamed,
- Ills parse had been spared had he manfully met lt,
' Hut lila money returned t-don't ho wish hs may get lt t
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