So got a visit, sooner than expected.
Tho’ he in Leon had their minds astonish’d,
Joe, and his Chum were not to be admonish’d.
For Joe was heard amidst his Dames to say,
‘That our great Lord should Dine[101] with him that Day.
‘And when he had prepar’d Ragouts and Soups,
‘He’d take the noble Lord, and Route his Troops.’
Forgetting he’d to deal with one so arch,
Who on the Vaunter neatly stole a March.
Then reconnoitring how they were dispos’d,