Some think he writes 'Cinna'—he owns to 'Panurge.'"

While thus he described them by trade and by name,

They entered, and dinner was served as they came.

At the top a fried liver and bacon were seen,

At the bottom was tripe in a swingeing tureen;

At the sides there was spinach and pudding made hot;

In the middle a place where the Pasty—was not.

Now, my Lord, as for tripe, it's my utter aversion,

And your bacon I hate like a Turk or a Persian;

So there I sat stuck like a horse in a pound,