What curre will not bawle, & be ready to flye on a mans face, when he is set on by his master, who, if hee bee not by to encourage him, he casts his taile betwixt his legges, & steales away like a sheepe byter.
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Sheep-biter
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His gait, like a sheep-biter, fleering aside
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A poor man has but one ewe, and this grandee sheep-biter leaves whole flocks of fat wethers, whom he may knock down, to deuour this.
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Wouldst thou not be glad to have the niggardly, / rascally sheep-biter come by some notable / shame?
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