But then the number you are still to guess,
The syllable is wilfully suppress'd,
Or left half utter'd. This you must endure,
And more, if you attend the fish-market. —Anon.
The same.
Ten thousand times more easy 'tis to gain
Admission to a haughty general's tent,
And have discourse of him, than in the market
Audience to get of a cursed fishmonger.
If you draw near and say, How much, my friend,