That proudly dost my drudgery,
Didst thou abound in numerous flocks, and land,
20Wert heir to all Pactolus' sand;
Though in thy brain thou bor'st Pythagoras,
And carried'st Nereus in thy face,
She'd pick another up, and shab thee off,
And then 'twill be my turn to laugh.
XV. 23 'Shab off' seems to be still provincially used both in the intransitive sense 'sneak off' and in the transitive as here 'bundle off.'