That if men had work it would make the times good;

No man would want work if he lack'd not provision;

The cry for Employ is the cry for more Food.

Now every Trade,

From the Gown to the Spade,

Oppress'd by it's numbers feels Scarcity's squeeze;

From the Prince to the Peasant,

'Tis true, tho' unpleasant,

There must be fewer mouths, or else more Bread and Cheese.

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