Poor man was he, a sinner, who, by chance,

(He knew not how, it surely was romance,)

Had some few devils, truly, driven out:

Most worthy of contempt without a doubt.

But all in vain:—the man they took by force;

Proceed he must, or hanged he'd be of course.

THE demon was before our farmer placed;

The sight was by the prince in person graced;

The wond'rous contest numbers ran to see,

And all the world spectators fain would be.