Sells it for sixpence, and proclaims it Truth.

Long Lane.


Three coxcombs in three recent ages born,

France, Cambria, and England did adorn;

The first for cut and fit[55] was Fashion’s glass,

The next in mould of form[56] none could surpass;

Then Nature, travailing, with cunning tool,

Joined Form and Fashion[57] in the third, a fool.

Observer.