When a fortune by blacksmiths is found,
They must hit the right nail o' the head.
No irony now I'm about,
To his metal you'll find him still true,
Since I've hammer'd his history out,
I hope 'twill be temper'd by you.
"MY FATHER DID SO BEFORE ME."[69]
When I was a chicken I went to school,
My master would call me an obstinate fool,