Tale of a Tub.—It is generally supposed that the title of Swift's Tale of a Tub was a jest originally levelled at the Puritan pulpit. It probably had served a more ancient purpose. In Bale's Comedye concerning Three Laws, compiled in 1538, Infidelitas says:
"Ye say they follow your law,
And vary not a shaw,
Which is a tale of a tub."
J.O.W.H.
A GENIUS.
(From the German of Claudius.)
"Friend Ass," said the Fox, as he met him one day,
"What can people mean?—Do you know what they say?"