Each striving to carry this Beauty away:
But when they beheld this most ordinary stuff,
The sight of her Visage did give them enuff;
Yet if she be Marry'd while here she does live,
A perfect account of the Wedding I'le give.
Printed for P. Brooksby[35] at the Golden Ball in Pye Corner.
[34] i.e. People had their summer clothes, and business was slack until the autumn.
[35] He published from 1672 to 1695.
[17.] Says one, why is thy Beard so brown, and thy head so white? Cause, says he, my head is twenty years older than my beard.
[4.] A Tinker coming through Cornhill, and sounding briskly on his kettle, Have you any Work for a Tinker? A Grocer that thought to put a Jest upon him (there being a Pillory near his door) bid him stop those two Holes, pointing to the Pillory: to whom the Tinker smartly replyed, Sir, if you will lend me your Head and Ears, I will find a Hammer and Nails, and give you my Work into the bargain.