'Tis pity she's a whore

<TITLE 'TIS PITTY SHEE'S A WHORE>
  <SN THE SCEANE PARMA.>
TO THE TRUELY NOBLE,JOHN,EARLE OF PETERBOROUGH,LORD MORDANT,BARON OF TURVEY.
MY LORD, HERE A TRUTH OF MERITT HATH
A GENERALL WARRANT,THERE
LOUE IS BUT A DEBT,ACKNOWLEDGEMENT A IUSTICE.GREATNESSE
CANNOT OFTEN CLAIME VIRTUE BY
INHERITANCE;YET IN THIS, YOVRS APPEARES MOST EMINENT,
FOR THAT YOU ARE NOT MORE RIGHTLY HEYRE TO
YOUR FORTUNES,THEN GLORY SHALBE TO YOUR MEMORY.
SWEETENESSE OF DISPOSITION ENNOBLES A FREEDOME
OF BIRTH;IN BOTH,YOUR LAWFULL INTEREST ADDS
HONOUR TO YOUR OWNE NAME,AND MERCY TO MY
PRESUMPTION. YOUR NOBLE ALLOWANCE OF THESE
FIRST FRUITES OF MY LEASURE IN THE ACTION,EMBOLDENS
MY CONFIDENCE,OF YOUR AS NOBLE CONSTRUCTION
IN THIS PRESENTMENT:ESPECIALLY SINCE MY
SERUICE MUST EUER OWE PARTICULAR DUTY TO YOUR FAUOURS,
BY A PARTICULAR INGAGEMENT.  THE GRAUITY OF THE SUBIECT MAY EASILY
EXCUSE THE LEIGHTNESSE OF THE TITLE: OTHERWISE, I HAD BEEN A SEUERE IUDGE
AGAINST MINE OWNE GUILT.  PRINCES HAUE VOUCHSAF'T GRACE TO TRI . . .

'Tis pity she's a whore

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