...been preserved, and, to say the least, there is little or none of the Shakespearean ring about it : " A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a...Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself great, Yet an asse in his state, We allowe of his ears but with asses to mate ; If Lucy is lowsie,...

...there were, this formed an;' part of it: " A parliamente member, a justice of peace. At home a poore scare-crow, at London an asse ; If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, nen Lucy is lowsie, whatever befalle it : He thinkes himselfe grcate. Vet an asse in his stale We allowe...

...Took pains enough to find him horns Should last him all his life. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE LAMPOON.1 A Parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a...some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befalle it. He thinks himself greate, Yet an asse is his state : We allowe by his ears but with asses...

...was affixed to the park-gate at Charlecote. The following is the only stanza extant of this lampoon: A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a...at London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscall it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself great; Yet an asse in his state,...

...force against the rhyming deer-stalker. * The following is the only stanza extant of this lampoon : A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a...scarecrow, at London an asse. If lowsie is Lucy, as some voike miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it He thinks himself great ; Yet an asse in...

...Shakespeare ridiculed the knight : — • A parliamente member, a justice of peace, At home a ]>oore scare-crow, at London an asse ; If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it ; l Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever bofalle it : He thinkes himself greate, Yet an asse is his state...

...forthwith abandoned the pleasant banks of * The following is the only stanza extant of this lampoon : — A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a...scarecrow, at London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as soem volko miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself great ; Yet an asse...

...wandered away to London ; became 1 The following is the only stanza extant of this lampoon :— • " A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a...Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself great ; Yet an asse in his state, We allow by his ears but with asses to mate, If Lucy is lowsie, as...

...to his situation and turn of mind. Shake* The following is the only stanza extant of this lampoon : A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a...at London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke migcalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself great; Yet an asse in his state,...

...it expedient for him to quit his native place for a time. One stanza of the verses runs thus : — " A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse. If lowsie is Lncy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie whatever befall it. He thinks himself greate,...