...was obliged to fly. Of this ballad tradition has only preserved (he first stanza :— A parliimente member, a justice of peace. At home a poor scare-crow, at London an asse. If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it. Then Lucy is lowsie whatever befall it : He thinks himself...

...Drutcl. (к. с.) [Reading.} '• Verses on Sir Т/tnmus Lucy oj Charlcotte. [Slyboots trembles, I.. •' A Parliament member; a justice of peace ; At home a poor scarecrow ; in London an ass." — — Omnes. [Laughing.] Ha, ha, lia ! [Slyboots st'ainui'i's äff, l . Sir...

...good-natured mind. Sir Thomas is said to * The following is the only stanza extant of this lampoon :— A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volko miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it He thinks himself...

...readeth it correctly. Drawl. (Reading.) " Verses on Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlcotte. (Si.YUOOTS IrcmUa.) " A Parliament member ; a justice of peace ; " At home a poor scarecrow ; in London an ass!" — 1 Omna. (Laughing.) Ha, ha, ha! (SLYEOOTS scampers off.) Sir T. (In a violent...

...like Lucy :" but let us listen to the commencement of this once important libel : — " A parlemente member, a justice of peace. At home a poor scare-crow, at London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volkc miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie whatever befall it : He thinks himself...

...then ? he had a wife, Took pains enough to find him horns Should last hinf all his life !" SONG. 1. A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, in London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befalle...

...then ? he had a wife, Took pains enough to find him horns Should last him all his life !" SONG. 1. A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, in London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befalle...

...all, what Sir Thomas did was just what nine-tenths of the country gentlemen of that or this day would have done in like case. He appears to have dealt gently...until the ugly verses, of — A parliament member, ajustice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, ut London an assc, etc. were fixed on his gate by the...

...all, what Sir Thomas did was just what nine-tenth^ Of the country gentlemen of that or this day would have done in like case. He appears to have dealt gently...justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an aase, etc. were fixed on his gate by the vindictive pride of the embryo poet, that he began to threaten...

...like Lucy :" but let us listen to the commencement of this once important libel : — " A parliamcnte member, a justice of peace. At home a poor scare-crow, at London au assc, II' Ь iv, sii' is Lucy, as some volkc miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie whatever befall it...