6
All courtly honours are but light
As grains that from a grater fly;
And he who wears the Garter bright
May haply in a garret die.
7
I’d rather from a manger eat,
I give my sacred word,
Than dine in slums where ragmen meet,
And German pedlars herd.
8
A much married grandee of Cadiz
Once angered some riotous ladies.
To derange him they chucked
A grenade, but he ducked,
Which enraged these rude ladies of Cadiz.