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Rh This is a well-established fact—
 * The very proverb says—pot-valiant.

Grog—I’ll define it in a minute—
 * Take gin, rum, whiskey, or peach-brandy,

Put but a little water in it,
 * And that is Grog—now understand me,

I mean to say, that should the spirit
 * Be left out by some careless dog,

It is—I wish the world may hear it!
 * It is plain water, and not Grog.

Having precisely fixed what Grog is
 * (My reasoning, sir, that question settles!),

We next must ascertain what Prog is—
 * Now Prog, in vulgar phrase, is victuals:

This will embrace all kinds of food,
 * Which on the smoking board can charm ye,

And by digestion furnish blood,
 * A thing essential in an army!

These things should all be swallowed warm,
 * For heat, digestion much facilitates;

Cold is a tonic, and does harm;
 * A tonic always, sir, debilitates.

My plan then is to raise, as fast
 * As possible, a corps of cooks,

And drill them daily from the last
 * Editions of your cookery-books!