1. The Nursery Rhyme,—
"Three wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl;
If the bowl had been stronger,
My story would have been longer."
2. Drunken Barnaby's Journal (edit. London, 1822, p. 25.), originally printed 1774, London:
"Veni Gotham, ubi multos
Si non omnes, vidi stultos,
Nam scrutando reperi unam
Salientem contra lunam