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...gates a satire, undei which the irascible justice must have winced when he read it :— " A parliment member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an Mae. If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lacy is lowsie whatever befall it. He thinks...

...lucesf in the quarterings. * The following is the only stanza extant of this lampoon : — A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow,...thinks himself great ; Yet an asse in his state, We allow by his ears but with asses to mate, If Lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it, Then sing lowsie...

...one most commonly known purporting to be from the MS. notes of Oldys, is as follows: — A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse; If lousie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lousie, whatever befalle it: He thinkes himselfe...

...parliemente member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scare-crowe, at London an asse ; If lowsie is Lucy, ae some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie whatever befall it : He thinks himself greate, Yet an asse in his state, We allowe by his earn but with asses to male. If Lucy is lowsie,...

...any value in favour of the authenticity of this fragment, which runs as follows :— " A parliaments member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow,...some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befalle it. He thinks himselfe greate, Yet an asse in his state We allow by his eares but with asses...

..."•A parliemente member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scare-crowe, at London an asse ; If lowaie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie whatever befall it: He thinks himself greate, Yet an asse in his state, We allowe by his ears bat with asses to mate. If Lucy is lowsie,...

...courteously communicated to me : — A parliemento member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scare-crowe, e ? CUBT. In her chamber, Making a sermon of continency to her : And rails, an lowsio whatever befall it : He thinks himself greate, Yet an asse in his state We allowe by his ears...

...rhyme. These verses, or such as these, appeared posted on the knight's park gates : — A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an ass ; If Lousy is Lucy, as some volk miscall it, Then Lucy is Lousy whatever bel'al it. He thinks himself...