They made their escape
From one that was worse than a spright;
They travell'd together
In all sorts of weather
But often were put in a fright.
A. 'Tis a Man flying from his scolding wife; the two Calves and an Ape, signify the calves of the legs and the Nape of his neck, which by travelling was expos'd to the weather.
Q. A thing with a thundering breech
It weighing a thousand welly,
I have heard it roar