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At Bartlemew Fair ne'er did Bullies so justle,

No country Election e'er made such a bustle:

From Garret, Mint, Tavern, they all post away,

Some thirsting for Sack, some ambitious of Bay."

Pope, Prior, Cibber, and Durfy arrive. Then

There follows a description of Steele; and then

The Duke next describes his own arrival:

Apollo is so perplexed by the various conflicting claims of the congregated Bards, that in despair he confers the laurel on a spectator, described as

And while all stand astounded at the election, this nodus is untied by the sudden advent of our "not inconsiderable versifier:"

And so the squib goes off.

Before Eusden gave the world the poems which have