Mart. And mine, I promise you: wer't not for shame, Well could I leave our sport to sleep awhile.
[MARTIUS falls into the pit.]"
It is unnecessary to give in detail the horrors that ensue.
X. Z.
CURIOUS BILL OF FARE, AND STORM, IN 1739.
I send you two morsels, copied from a small MS. volume of a very miscellaneous character, consisting of poetical extracts, epigrams, receipts, and family memoranda of the ancestors of the gentleman who has kindly permitted me to send you the inclosed.
"A Bill of ffare at the Christning of Mr. Constable's Child, Rector of Cockley Cley in Norfolk, Jan. 2, 1682.
"1. A whole hog's head, souc'd, with carrotts in the mouth and pendants in the ears, with guilded oranges thick sett.
2. 2 ox.'s cheekes stewed, with 6 marrow bones.
3. A leg of veal larded, with 6 pullets.