But a 'ero 'e is in Northlands and South:

A gude wife I've been, tho I think it a pity

That Sandy was given to shoot off 'is mouth.

["BEN BOLT"]

Ben Franklin was a Jester of the sort

That fused, with wit, rare wisdom in retort;

And, on his mettle, tempered by a smile

His irony could hold them all awhile.

King Louis' Court to impotence made plea