[2] The name of a lonely common near Harpenden, formerly a favourite site for prize-fights.
“YE RIGHT ANCIENT BALLAD OF YE COMBAT OF KING TIDRICH WITH YE DRAGON.”
Ye Peroration.
Hey for the march of intellect,
The schoolmaster’s abroad,
And still the cry is raised on high,
Obey his mighty word!
Where’er we go, both high and low,
Bow down before his nod;