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(Compare Thomas Carew’s “O my dearest,” in Westm. Droll., i. 91.) Wit’s Interpreter keeps much closer to the original than our version in W. D., and indeed gives true readings where the “Ignoto” is wrong. Guilding my Saint (not Oiling); Buss thy fist (not fill), &c. Finally, it reads “jerk thee soundly.” An obliging correspondent (W. G. Medlicott, of Long Meadow, Massachusetts) drew our attention to this. Third verse reads:—

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