The Sot-weed Factor: or, A Voyage to Maryland. A Satyr. / In which is Describ'd The Laws, Government, Courts and Constitutions of the Country, and also the Buildings, Feasts, Frolicks, Entertainments and Drunken Humours of the Inhabitants of that Part of America. In Burlesque Verse.

by Ebenezer Cooke

[(f)] Wolves are very numerous in Mary-Land.

[(g)] 'Tis supposed by the Planters that all unknown Persons run away from some Master.

[(h)] Syder-pap is a sort of Food made of Syder and small Homine, like our Oatmeal.

[(i)] Pon is Bread made of Indian-Corn.

[(k)] Mush is a sort of hasty-pudding made with water and Indian Flower.

[(l)] Homine is a dish that is made of boiled Indian Wheat, eaten with Molossus, or Bacon-Fat.

[(m)] 'Tis the Custom for Servants to be obliged for four Years to very servile work; after which time they have their Freedom.

[(n)] These are the general Excuses made by English Women, which are sold, or sell themselves to Mary-Land.

[(o)] Beds stand in the Chimney-corner in this Country.

[(p)] Frogs are called Virginia Bells and make (both in that country and Mary-Land) during the Night, a very hoarse ungrateful Noise.