But Strap, who’s a GENIUS, has measur’d them, and knows,

Like a shoe on a last they are fit, and convey

Our intention completely, and it’s needless to say,

Newcastle, Exchange, Tyne, or Commercial Bank,[34]

Must yield to us in writing, as well as in rank,

No knight can they boast—and we his majesty thank.

Sir J. Duncan, Hide, Strap, Last, Awl, & Jacob End.

SIR JAMES DUNCAN’s NOTES WERE AS FOLLOWS:—

CRISPIN.