XVIII.
(By SIR JOSEPH MAWBEY.)
Lord BACON hang’d poor HOGG,
For murd’ring, without pity, man;
And so should PITT, by Gog,
That kill-truth, Doctor PRETTYMAN—
For say I will, spite of hip wig,
He’s far below the learned Pig!
XIX.
(By THE SAME.)
Says WRAY to me, which is most witty,
The learned Pig, or Parson PRETTY?
Says I, I thinks, the latter is more wiser;
PIGGY tells truth alone;—but PRETTY lyes, Sir.
XX.
(NOT by THE SAME.)
Three Parsons for three different patrons writ,
For ROCKINGHAM, for PORTLAND, and for PITT
The first, in speaking truth alone surpass’d;
The next could write it too—not so the last.—
The pride of Churchmen to be beat was loth—
So PRETTYMAN’s the opposite to both!