‘They’re chiefly Stalled, or fastened to a Tether:
‘Tho’ famous Animals, it does appear
‘They rather wildish ran the latter Year;
‘Their Grooms were careless, so ’tis given out,
‘Or knew not, really, what they were about.
‘The Mules, it seems, were after Forage lurking,
‘And so, to fill their Paunch, avoided working,[78]
‘I’ll only this observe, as all is past,
‘It was a general fault, from first to last.
‘A few pick’d Shepherds[79] too, ’tis fair to Name,