not

reading. Ever, my dear Moore, your'n (isn't that the Staffordshire termination?),

Byron

.


[Footnote 1:]

Under the title of "An excellent Ballad of a most dreadful combat, fought between Moore of Moore-Hall and the Dragon of Wantley," this ballad forms (in the 12th edition) the Argument of

The Dragon of Wantley, a Burlesque Opera

, performed at Covent Garden, the libretto of which is by Sig. Carini,

i.e.