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A New Merry Letany choose

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[UK] New Merry Letany 1: From a Whores quarters, that oft are beat up, / From quaffing in a hot French-mans cup [...] Libera nos.
at beat-up, adj.
[UK] New Merry Letany 2: From being cover’d with a Plimouth Cloake [...] Libera nos.
at Plymouth cloak, n.
[UK] New Merry Letany 3: From the Calenture, and the French disease [...] Libera nos.
at French disease (n.) under French, adj.
[UK] A New Merry Letany 4: From a Hell-cart, and a close-stool Sedan, Libera nos.
at hell-cart (n.) under hell, n.
[UK] New Merry Letany 1: From a Whores quarters, that oft are beat up, / From quaffing in a hot French-mans cup [...] Libera nos.
at hot, adj.
[UK] New Merry Letany 1: From a disguized Thiefe, and a maunders milling [...] Libera nos.
at maunder, n.
[UK] New Merry Letany 6: From our Neck-verse, and being burnt in the hand [...] Libera nos.
at neck verse (n.) under neck, n.
[UK] New Merry Letany 2: From the powd’ring Tub of Justice Long [...] Libera nos.
at powdering tub, n.
[UK] New Merry Letany 5: From a Ruffins oaths, and a Traytors speeches [...] Libera nos.
at Ruffin, the, n.
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