ye poor,spised, abandoned vagabonds,
whom vice, as usual, has turnd oer to ruin.
oh! but for friends and interposing heaven,
i had been driven forth like you forlorn,
the mosttested, worthless wretch among you!
o injured god! thy goodness has endowd me
with talents passing most of mypeers,
which i in just proportion have abused—
as far surpassing othermon villains
as thou in natural parts has given me more.