Calami hujus Etatis

Sunt hujus Etatis calamitates.

Calais, at the Silver Lion.

At the Foot of a Bed where a Woman lay dying,

A Parcel of Gossips in Council were sat;

And instead of good Prayers, condoling and crying,

A Thing was the Subject of all the Debate.

One wish’d for a thick one, and swore ’twas the best,

Altho’ ’twere as short to the full as her Snout;

But a small One procur’d the Applause of the rest,