Then holding the spectacles up to the Court—

“Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle,

As wide as the ridge of the Nose is; in short,

Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.

“Again, would your lordship a moment suppose

(’Tis a case that has happened, and may be again),

That the visage or countenance had not a nose,

Pray who would, or who could, wear spectacles then?

“On the whole it appears, and my argument shows,

With a reasoning the Court will never condemn,