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| PARSON, these things in thy possessing | |
| Are better than the bishop’s blessing: | |
| A wife that makes conserves; a steed | |
| That carries double when there ’s need; | |
| October store, and best Virginia, | 5 |
| Tythe pig, and mortuary guinea; | |
| Gazettes sent gratis down and frank’d, | |
| For which thy patron’s weekly thank’d; | |
| A large Concordance, bound long since; | |
| Sermons to Charles the First, when prince; | 10 |
| A Chronicle of ancient standing; | |
| A Chrysostom to smooth thy band in; | |
| The Polyglott—three parts—my text, | |
| Howbeit—likewise—now to my next; | |
| Lo here the Septuagint—and Paul, | 15 |
| To sum the whole—the close of all. | |
| He that has these may pass his life, | |
| Drink with the ’Squire, and kiss his wife; | |
| On Sundays preach, and eat his fill, | |
| And fast on Fridays—if he will; | 20 |
| Toast Church and Queen, explain the news, | |
| Talk with Churchwardens about pews, | |
| Pray heartily for some new gift, | |
| And shake his head at Doctor S—t. | |
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