“Aha!” quoth he, “what have we here?
’Tis a new barouche, and an ancient peer.”
So he sat him on his box again,
And bade him have no fear,
But be true to his club, and staunch to his rein,
His brothel, and his beer;
“Next to seeing a lord at the council board,
I would rather see him here.”
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The Devil gat next to Westminster,