XXXVI.
PITT and PRETTY came from College
To serve themselves, and serve the state;
And the world must all acknowledge
Half is done—so half may wait:
For PRETTY says, ’tis rather new,
When even half they say—is true.
XXXVII.
The Devil’s a dealer in lyes, and we see
That two of a trade never yet could agree;
Then DOCTOR proceed, and d—m———n despise,
What Devil would take such a rival in lyes.
XXXVIII.
GRAND TREATY OF LYING.
The Devil and PRETTY a treaty have made,
On a permanent footing to settle their trade;
’Tis the Commerce of Lying,—and this is the law;
The Devil imports him all lyes that are raw_;_
Which, check’d by no docket, unclogg’d with a fee,
The Priest manufactures, and vends duty free;
Except where the lye gives his conscience such trouble,
The internal expence should have recompence double.
Thus to navigate falsehood no bar they’ll devise;
But Hell must become the EMPORIUM of Lyes.
Nay, the Bishops themselves, when in pulpit they bark it,
Must supply their consumption, from Satan’s own market,
While reciprocal tribute is paid for the whole
In a surplusage d—mn—g of P—TTY—’s soul.
FOREIGN EPIGRAMS.
I. By the Chevalier de BOUFFLERS.
“PRETTIMAN est menteur, il s’est moqué de nous”
“(Se crient en courroux tous les sots d’Angleterre)”
Calmez vous donc, Messieurs—eh! comment savez vous
Si c’est bien un mensonge, ou si c’est un mystère?
II. By Professor HEYNE, of the UNIVERSITY of GOTTINGEN.