The Hermit

[SPOKEN WORD INTRO] The sixth: the narrowness or smallness of the womb The seventh: the indecent posture of the mother, as when being pregnant, she has sat too long with her legs crossed The eighth: through a fall, or blow struck The ninth: through hereditary or accidental illnesses The tenth: rotten or corrupt seed The eleventh: through a mixture or mingling of seed The twelfth: through the artifice of wicked spital beggars The thirteenth: through demons or devils Besides these, one cannot give any reasons that are sufficient or probable Sound the alarm Sky's a swarm Not in my house Stabled up Leave me with my books Do I escape? Maybe I leave? Ride out? I don't think so Milky eyes upstairs Should I tell them to bug? Plan an escape See where they go? Follow them down To where they can see Ride out? I don't think so They lie, they lie, they lie, they lie They lie, they lie, they lie, they lie In the same year the King of France Made peace with Swiss A monster was born in Germany With a head in the middle of its stomach That took food just like the other Ride out? I don't think so They lie, they lie, they lie, they lie They lie, they lie, they lie, they lie Everyone's burning with cupidity here Engendered to the sea With an eye in the middle of the forehead Liver upside down And I? Ride out? I don't think so They lie, they lie, they lie, they lie They lie, they lie, they lie, they lie Ride out I summon the cull And it's coming around See a knot in the sky And it's going down And I don't wanna leave Think I'll stay Ride out? I don't think so [SPOKEN WORD OUTRO] The first is the glory of god The second: his wrath The third: too great a quantity of seed The fourth: too little a quantity The fifth: imagination The sixth: the narrowness or smallness of the womb The seventh: the indecent posture of the mother, as when being pregnant, she has sat too long with her legs crossed