Of such perils and ills as beset Lady Sale—
With a fine India Proof of your Metal.
[A TALE OF A TRUMPET.]
"Old woman, old woman, will you go a-shearing?
Speak a little louder, for I'm very hard of hearing."
Old Ballad.
Of all old women hard of hearing,
The deafest, sure, was Dame Eleanor Spearing!
On her head, it is true,
Two flaps there grew,