So when he came home he fat down on his bed,
His elbow at diftance fupported his head;
His body long while like a pendulum went;
But all he could do did not alter the fcent.
Derry down, &c.
Thus hipp'd he got up and pull'd off his cloaths,
He peep'd in his breeches and fmelt to his hofe,
And the very next morning fresh cloaths he put on,
All, all but a waistcoat, for he had but one.
But changing his cloaths did not alter the cafe,
And fo he ftunk on for three weeks and three days;
Till to fend for a doctor he thought it most meet;
For tho' he was not, yet his life it was fweet.
The doctor he came, felt his pulse in a trice;
Then crept at a distance to give his advice:
But fweating, nor bleeding, nor purging would do,
For inftead of one ftink this only made two.
The friar oft-times to his glass would repair,
But to death he was frighten'd when e'er he came there; His eyes were so funk, and he look'd so aghast,
He verily thought he was ftinking his laft.
So for credit he haftens to burn all his profe,
And into the fire his verfes he throws;
When fearching his pockets to make up the pile,
He found out the Snipe, that had stunk all the while,
Derry down, &c,
So he hopes you will now think him wholsome again,
Since his waistcoat discovers the cause of his pain:
To conclude, the poor Friar intreats you to note,
That you might have been sweet had you been in his
Derry down, &c.
Allidus impofuit nuper mihi Caupo Ravennæ ;
Cum peterem mixtum, vendidit ille merum.
Landlord at Bath put upon me a queer Hum;
I afk'd him for Punch- -and the Dog gave
Written in the Year 1745.
By Mr. KIDGELL of HERTFORD COLLEGE.
Votum, Timor, Ira, Voluptas,
Gaudia, Difcurfus, noftri, Farrago Libelli.
HEN lovely Calia had refign'd
The dear Delights of Womankind,
And could, without Reluctance, fee
The Powers of Talk-infpiring Tea,
Imperial in its laft Decay
Glad Mrs. Betty's harmless Prey;
When all the Fountains that fupply
The Pools of rich Quadrille were dry,
And each promifcuous Fish was seen
Stretch'd on the Pearl-befpangled Green;
When Phabus had confign'd his Pow'r
To a mild Evening's cooler Hour,
And lent the Jewels of his Light
T' adorn the Empress of the Night,
'Twas folemnly agreed upon
By Mary Cook, and Butler John,
So for credit he haftens to burn all his profe,
And into the fire his verfes he throws
When searching his pockets to make up the pile,
He found out the Snipe, that had stunk all the while,
Derry down, &c.
So he hopes you will now think him wholsome again,
Since his waistcoat discovers the cause of his pain:
To conclude, the poor Friar intreats you to note,
That you might have been sweet had you been in his
Derry down, &c.
EPIGRAM in MARTIAL, Literally Tranflated.
Allidus impofuit nuper mihi Caupo Ravennæ ;
Cum peterem mixtum, vendidit ille merum.
TRANSLATION.
Landlord at Bath put upon me a queer Hum;
I afk'd him for Punch- -and the Dog gave
Written in the Year 1745.
By Mr. KIDGELL of HERTFORD COLLEGE.
Votum, Timor, Ira, Voluptas,
Gaudia, Difcurfus, noftri, Farrago Libelli.
THEN lovely Calia had refign'd
The dear Delights of Womankind,
And could, without Reluctance, fee
The Powers of Talk-infpiring Tea,
Imperial in its last Decay
Glad Mrs. Betty's harmless Prey;
When all the Fountains that fupply
The Pools of rich Quadrille were dry,
And each promifcuous Fish was seen
Stretch'd on the Pearl-bespangled Green;
When Phoebus had confign'd his Pow'r
To a mild Evening's cooler Hour,
And lent the Jewels of his Light
T' adorn the Empress of the Night,
'Twas folemnly agreed upon
By Mary Cook, and Butler John,
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