EPIGRAMS.

"Upon his arrival at Perthshire, his Majesty is to be received by a band of two hundred men, entirely of the Mac clan, arrayed in the ancient national costume."—Scotsman.

In Scotia our king's to be blessed with a treat,

A balleting one if the Scotch have their nacks,

For the papers put forth he's at Perthshire to meet,

Dressed in tartan and bonnet, a band of all "Macs." (Almacks.)

Which wert thou, cruel Bishop Bonner,

A savage wit, or senseless noddy,

When to extinguish Ridley's faith,