Yet if, not mending much the case,
You swear till near 'black in the face;'
If each fresh story they despise,
Though doing all that in you lies;
Confess, and say from earliest youth
You've thought it "best to tell the truth."
Amongst the rest of my advices,
Defend all tradesmen 'as to prices:'
The very thought of an abatement
Was for the little, not the great meant.