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,