In which he ne'er was blamed.

He rose from indigence to wealth
By industry and that;
For lo! he scorned to gain by stealth
What he got by a cat.

Let none who reads this verse despair
Of providences ways;
Who trust in him he'll make his care,
And prosper all their days.

Then sing a requiem to departed merit,
And rest in peace till death demands his spirit."--

_Life of Sir R. Whittington_, by the author of _Memoirs of George
Barnwell_, 1811, p. 106.


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LIST OF VERSIONS, EDITIONS, &c.

1604-5, Feb. 8. Play licensed, see _ante_, p. vii.

1605, July 16. Ballad licensed, see _ante_, p. vii.

1612. Johnson's Ballad published in _Crowne Garland of Goulden
Roses_, see _ante_, p. ix.