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 He sent to me (who signed J.D.), For jeering at his ! And says that I, “Whene’er I die, “‘Somewhere’ shall surely go! ”

“As for the rest, it is at best, “A down right wicked lie; “And as to ‘prig and thimble-rig,’ ∗ “I knew ’twas all my eye.”

“Nor do we, here, the things you swear, “We holy men at Rome, “And that you’d say, could you a day “Spend here with us at-home.”

“We thus invite, you here to night, “To see the Vatican; “Then raise your arm and give alarm, “If you consistent can.”

So off we went, with heart content,— Oh! we were in our glory; And now we’ll tell, what there befell; And thus begins our story.