[14] Alluding to the character of Crack, in the farce of the Turnpike Gate, where Mr Noble performed with true spirit.
AN ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING.
By James Stawpert.
Who’s he that with great Mercury strides,
In imitation’s line,
And, without reason, thus derides
The poets of the Tyne?
Who, not content with critic’s skill,
That lets no error pass;