And it put me in a fidget.)

"No 'fair round bellies with capon lin'd

Your Aldermen shall sport;

They may double the Cape, if they feel inclin'd,

But they never must touch at Port.

V.

"The Worshipful Court—so fate ordains—

Shall look like skeletons hanging in chains;

They'll need no gowns, for they'll get so thin,

They may wrap themselves round in their own loose skin;