John Gay(1685–1732)
Air XI-HA Soldier and a Sailor"
Act I, Scene ix, Air XI—"A Soldier and a Sailor3
A fox may steal your hens, sir,
A whore your health and pence, sir,money
Your daughter rob your chest, sir,
Your wife may steal your rest, sir,
A thief your goods and plate.
But this is all for picking,pilfering, petty thievery
With rest, pence, chest and chicken;
It ever was decreed, sir,
If lawyer's hand is fee'd, sir,
He steals your whole estate.