From principles the Whigs maintain,
And, to defend the Whiggish cause,
Her topics from the Tories draws.
SUNT QUI SERVARI NOLUNT
As Thomas was cudgell’d one day by his wife,
He took to the street, and he fled for his life.
Tom’s three dearest friends came by in the squabble
And sav’d him at once from the shrew and the rabble;
Then ventur’d to give him some sober advice—
But Tom is a person of honour so nice,