This way, &c.

I thought in my Heart he had struck off my Nose,

I gave him as good as he brought I suppose;

My Words they were ready and wonderful blunt,

Quoth I, I had rather been stobb'd in my ——

This way, &c.

I met with a Butcher a killing a Calf,

I then stepp'd to him and cryed out half:

At his first denial I fell very sick,

And he said it was all for a touch of his ——