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 ( 20 ) With butet eggs, and cheeſe and cream, In two large panier flow d. Ere Bell could ſtride the cut amain The gig came thund'ring on. Craſh went the pannier and the dame And Ball lay overthrown. Now thro' the town the rettled pair Ran rattling o'er the ſtones; They drove the crowd from ſide to ſide, And ſhook poor Jehu's bones. When lo ! directly in the courſe A monſtrous from appear'd; A ſhaggy bear that falk'd and roar'd, On hinder legs uprear'd. Sideways they ſtarted at the fight, And whiſk'd the gig half-round, Then 'croſs the crowded market place They flew with furious bound. Firſt o'er a hep of crock'ry ware The rapid car they whirl'd; And jugs. and mugs, and pots, and pants In fragments wide were hurl'a. A booth ſtood near, with tempting cakes And grocery richly fraught; All Brimingh in on t'other ſide The dazzled optics'cauglit. With active ſpring the nimble feeds Rifhd thro' the paſs between,