SubtleHe shall have a bel, that's Abel;
And by it standing one whose name is Dee
In a rug grown, there's D and rug, that's Drug:
And right anenst him a dog snarling er,
There's Drugger, Abel Drugger. That's his sign.
And here's now mystery and hieroglyphic.
FaceAbel, thou art made.
DruggerSir, I do thank his worship.

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[Footnote 6:]

Bel, in the apocryphal addition to the

Book of Daniel

, called

the History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon.

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