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Show Ithe devil and the lawyers. law-yers. J Th dt'vil came up t ttio oartli ono dy, And into a courl liousn lio wended Ins WAV. Ju'taa n:i allornpy with a very (jravo faci', Wi s proceed g to a'gu-i ihu point in u Now a lawyer his mnjesty never had teen, For to his dominions none never hod be on, And ha foil very curious the reason to know, Why nono hid hzca eent to tho ngi jns below. T'iis tho fimlt of his agunts hij rnajoaly Ui-julit, Why nonoof Ihcco Uwyors luid ovor been caught, Ar,d for his own pleasure h had a denro T o come to iho oarth and the tob son inquire. in-quire. Well, tho luwyor who rose with o visogt! so grave. Made out his opponent u coiiisumiiwito 1 knuvo, And the devil wus real y groilly amused To heat tho altornty so bndly abtisod. As -ton as Iho ipoikcr had ciiino to a cloto, The counsel opposing than rjuickly arfS'', And hiaped nuc-h abuse on the bond of the lirst, And made him a villain of all men th) worst. Tit 11. tlicy quarreled, contended and argued argu-ed fo long, '1 v- m haid lo detet mioo the one in Lh'j wrong. And concluding ho'd lieard quito enough of tho files, Old Nick turned away and soliloquized thus: "If all they have sail of ouch other bo true, The devil has suraly bcon robbed of his due; I'm aatislied now, 'tis all vory well For these lawyers would ruin tho morals ofholl. "Thoy have puzzled tho court with their villainous cavil, And I'm freo to confess they have puzzled puz-zled the devil. My agents are right to let lawyers alone; If I had them they'd swindle mo out of my throne." |