Shall win the wager.
Now, by the world, it is a lusty wench,
I love her ten times more than e’er I did.
SHAKESPEARE, Taming of the Shrew.
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Counter and Clubb were men in trade, whose pains,
Credit, and prudence, brought them constant gains;
Partners and punctual, every friend agreed
Counter and Clubb were men who must succeed.
When they had fix’d some little time in life,