The History of Johnny Quæ Genus, the Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax. / A Poem by the Author of the Three Tours.

by William Combe

"First, I must ask to know your name,

Your parentage, and whence you came;

And when these trifling things are past,

The master whom you liv'd with last."

Quæ Genus.

"Quæ Genus, is the name I bear."

Sir Jeffery.

"Quæ Genus? 'tis a name so rare,

It never met my ear or eye,

If I can trust my memory.