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He always attended , and much amended The Statute Faire , I wot ; Well varnish'd each hoax—inspir'd the salt box ^ And Richardson ' s tragique plott . *
The conjurer Gyngell , as brighte as an angel , He lente hvs verv best aide , And the rope he entranced when young Saunders danc'd In garlands of fire array'd ; While loude did ring the cymbals ding , And drums , horns , hatitboys , play'd .
He visited oft the gypsey craft , To Bigley ' s Field endear'd , And in their merry tents each eve , Like Thespis , hys face he smear'd
He cheer a and enlighten ed the drinking boothes-And the p \ ck-pocket—patient creature ; Fora feeling he had , to ' s honour be it said , That a thief is not out of nature . One morne he stray'd along the Ci Hide " And quoth he " that steeple ' s divine , And brighte as a scythe !—' tis the oil of tythe That makes that steeple shine !"
He thruste his nose up Meeting-house Lane And heard the " common metre , " Righte sharpe he drew back—flew off in a craeke No grev-hounde ever was fleeter ! O ml But there he was wrong , tho' his terror was strong , For iiothuiLT Tm sure could be sweeter !
Now whether his eare or his outlaw'd feare Was the cause , we cannot saye ; But from holy things , while the devil hath wings , 'Tis clear he must hark away !
He hath much ad vane'd the Golden Fleece Where " the serious " flock by dozens ; The first sheep-stealer was Jason of Greece , And this Devil and lie were cousins .
lie hath choakM the jolly « King of Clubs , ' And the " Punch-Club King" was be , Whose throne was The Hell—but his funeral knell A black bludgeon beat heavily . * This name , and several that follow , provo the ancestral gloriea of tho Richard eotis , Gyngeils , & . c . —Ed .
28 The Merrie Devil of Edmonton .