Dead and alive : this ditty out of Glocestershire was sent to London, for to have it put in print, therefore draw near, and listen unto this, it doth concern a man that did amiss, and so to shun the anger of his wife, he thought with poyson for to end his life, but instead of poyson he drank sack for which his wife did soundly pay's back. To the tune of, Old flesh, &c.

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