at the Horse-shoe for my use.

I thought it no good manners to refuse,

But thanked him, for his kind unasked gift,

Whilst I was lame as scarce a leg could lift,

Came limping after to that stony town,

Whose hard streets made me almost halt right down.

There had my friend performed the words he said,

And at the door a jug of liquor staid,

The folks were all informed, before I came,

How, and wherefore my journey I did frame,