Said the Chaplin, “Indeed ⸺, begging your pardon,
“Such doctrine is rash, and to danger may tend,
“For why would your ⸺ wish to bear hard on on
“The devil, who always has been our best friend!”
Lord ⸺, large man, whom the women well know, sir,
Examin’d this fish from the root to the snout,
With both hands was seen to take hold of it so, sir,
To keep it from hopping and skipping about;
“Faith it is a large fish,” said the ⸺ in lewd plight, sir,
“I ne’er in my life saw its fellow before,