Of Wit?—

Or does thy amorous Thoughts beget a flame,

(Beyond its merit) for to court the name

Of Poet; or is't common row a days

Such slender Wits dare claim such things as Bays? &c.


THOMAS JORDEN.

Contemporary with him was Thomas Jorden, and of much like equal Fame; indulging his Muse more to vulgar Fancies, then to the high flying wits of those times, yet did he write three Plays, viz. Mony's an Ass; and The Walks of Islington and Hogsden, Comedies; and Fancys Festivals, a Mask.


HUGH CROMPTON.