Citation - Newport Mercury: 1783.01.11

NM.783.002
11 Jan 1783:41 (1111)
THE HAPPY LIFE.  
An excellent old ballad written by Sir Henry Wo[?]ton,
Provost of Etan College in the year 1639.  Sir Henry being
then 72.
How happy is he born or taught
That serveth not another's will;
Whose armour is his honest thought,
And simple truth his highest skill.
. . . [5 more verses]