A Precedent Poem by William Hutton

A Precedent



Bess was, for being a double bride,
And Molly for manslaughter, tri'd;
They both were, by my Lord's command,
Sentenc'd to burning in the hand;
Then these two crimes we equal view,
Of killing one, and kissing two.

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