Will undermine his Head, and pick his Brains.
John angled well, and to his fullest Wish,
Lured with the small, and took the largest Fish:
Nor slacked his search, nor object did forget,
’Till with rich Stores he’d fairly fill’d his Net.
Sir John had often made a resolution,
To speechify about the Constitution.
He with the Livery stood in some repute,
‘That there’s,’ ‘as how’s,’ ‘d’ye see’s,’ did just them suit.
And then each day in Speech he bolder grew,