ye poor,spised, abandoned vagabonds,

whom vice, as usual, has turnd oer to ruin.

oh! but for friends and interposing heaven,

i had been driven forth like you forlorn,

the mosttested, worthless wretch among you!

o injured god! thy goodness has endowd me

with talents passing most of mypeers,

which i in just proportion have abused—

as far surpassing othermon villains

as thou in natural parts has given me more.