While the armour-man, like a turtle starv'd.

Shall rattle his bones in his iron shell,

And no more shall feast on baron of beef,

But stand content with the cook-shop smell!"

VII.

Thus having said his terrible say,

The horrible spectre stalk'd away,

And left me in the blues;

And as across the Hall he pass'd,

E'en Gog and Magog stood aghast,