“Into the shop we both may go
“With this right good pretence:
“Save your penny while you live,
“The lass looks kind and willing;
“Let’s ask her, civilly, to give
“Twa Tizzys[2] for a shilling.”
[2] A cant term for Sixpences.
AN
EXTRAORDINARY FISH.
This animal (says the learned Zoologist, Mr. Pennant) was esteemed a delicacy by the antients, and is eaten, at present, by the Italians; Rondelius gives us two receipts for the dressing, which may be continued to this day; Athenæus also leaves us the method of making an antique cuttle-fish sausage; and we learn from Aristotle, that those animals are in the highest perfection when pregnant.