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 x HEAD PIECE, PART III. CANTO III.,  To this brave man the Knight repairs For counsel in his law-affairs,— To whom the Knight, with comely grace. Put off his hat to put his case.

TAIL PIECE, PART III. CANTO III,  With books and money plac'd for show, Like nest-eggs to make clients lay.

HEAD PIECE TO THE EPISTLE TO THE LADY.  having pump'd up all his wit, And humm'd upon it, thus he writ.

TAIL PIECE TO THE EPISTLE TO THE LADY.  What tender sigh, and trickling tear. Longs for a thousand pounds a year; And languishing transports are fond Of statute, mortgage, bill, and bond.

HEAD PIECE TO THE LADY'S ANSWER.  She open'd it, and read it out, With many a smile and leering flout.

TAIL PIECE TO THE LADY'S ANSWER.  We make the man of war strike sail. And to our braver conduct veil, And, when he's chas'd his enemies, Submit to us upon his knees.

VIGNETTE AT PAGE XXIV.  The dogs beat you at Brentford Fair; Where sturdy butchers broke your noddle, And handled you like a fop-doodle.

VIGNETTE AT PAGE 473.  the foe beat up his quarters, And storm'd the outworks of his fortress;— Soon as they had him at their mercy. They put him to the cudgel fiercely.