The Lawyer.
The known dishonest cause,
I never did defend
Nor spun out suits in length,
But wish’d and sought an end;
Nor counsel did bewray,
Nor of both parties take,
Nor ever took I fee
For which I never spake.
The Physician.
From practice and from books
I draw my learned skill,
Not from the known receipt
Or ’pothecary’s bill.
The earth my faults doth hide,
The world my cures doth see,
What youth and time effects
Is oft ascribed to me.
I never did forestall,
I never did engross,
Nor custom did withdraw
Though I return’d with loss.
I thrive by fair exchange,
By selling and by buying,
And not by Jewish use,
Reprisal, fraud, or lying.
The Country Gentleman.