Writ.
Two things have I required of thee, deny me them not before I die. Remove far from me Vanity and Lies; give me neither Poverty, nor Riches; feed me with Food convenient for me. Lest I be full and deny thee, and say, who is the Lord? or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
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the remaining Part of my Paper with a very pretty Allegory, which is wrought into a Play
by
Aristophanes