On a Robbery

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On a Robbery by Ben Jonson

VIII. ? ON A ROBBERY.       RIDWAY robb'd DUNCOTE of three hundred pound,     Ridway was ta'en, arraign'd, condemn'd to die ; But, for this money, was a courtier found,     Begg'd Ridway's pardon :  Duncote now doth cry, Robb'd both of money, and the law's relief,     ? The courtier is become the greater thief.?   

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