Led by the Nostril walks the muzzled Bear;
Behind him moves, majestically dull,
The Pride of Hockley Hole, the surly Bull;
Learn hence the Periods of the Week to name,
Mondays and Thursdays are the Days of Game."
Even earlier than Gay, Hockley-in-the-Hole is mentioned by Butler in his "Hudibras"[56] in somewhat gruesome fashion:—
"But Trulla straight brought on the Charge,
And in the selfsame Limbo put
The Knight and Squire, where he was shut,
Where leaving them in Hockley-i'-th'-Hole,