IX.

As for his coat, 'tis such a jerkin short

As Spencer had, ere he composed his Tales;

But underneath he hath no vest, nor aught,

So that the wind his airy breast assails;

Below, he wears the nether garb of males,

Of crimson plush, but non-plushed at the knee;—

Thence further down the native red prevails,

Of his own naked fleecy hosiery:—

Two sandals, without soles, complete his cap-a-pee.