F was a Farmer, and followed the plough. I was an Innkeeper, who loved to bouse, K was King William, once governed this land, M was a Miser, and hoarded up gold, N was a Nobleman, gallant and bold. O was an Oyster Wench, and went about town, Q was a Queen, who was fond of good flip, R was a Robber, and wanted a whip. T was a Tinker, and mended a pot. V was a Vintner, who drank all himself. C cut it; D dealt it; E ate it; F fought for it; G got it; H had it; J joined it; K kept it; L longed for it; M mourned for it; N nodded at it; O opened it; P peeped in it; Q quartered it; R ran for it; S stole it; T took it; V viewed it, W wanted it; X, Y, Z, and amperse-and, All wish'd for a piece in hand. AT-A-CAKE, pat-a-cake, baker's man! PAT (So I will, master), as fast as I can : Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with T, Put in the oven for Tommy and me. Μ' ULTIPLICATION is vexation, The Rule of Three doth puzzle me, And Practice drives me mad. D OCTOR FAUSTUS was a good man, He whipt his scholars now and then; When he whipp'd them he made them dance, Out of Scotland into France, Out of France into Spain, And then he whipp'd them back again! A DILLER, a dollar, A ten o'clock scholar, What makes you come so soon? But now you come at noon. HEN V and I together meet, WHE They make the number Six compleat. When I with V doth meet once more, Then 'tis they Two can make but Four. And when that V from I is gone, Alas! poor I can make but One. ΤΗ HIRTY days hath September, When February's days are twenty-nine. G |