The answer returned from the head of the Nation,
This we agree that the Maggot and Spot
Never shall be crushed, but for ever shall reign.
A Charter we have got to support the old Spot,
And Fairlop shall flourish again and again.
"This answer so noble abroad quickly spread,
The enemy to friendship began to complain,
That this Fair of mischief was surely the head,
And if suffered would certainly soon show its aim.
Down, cried he, with this Fairlop Tree;