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Rh Then Queen Mary's Epistle-craft,

With the new "Fytte" of "Whistlecraft,"

Must make people purchase and read.

8.

Then you've General Gordon,

Who girded his sword on,

To serve with a Muscovite Master,

And help him to polish

A nation so owlish,

They thought shaving their beards a disaster.

9.

For the man, "poor and shrewd,"

With whom you'd conclude

A compact without more delay,

Perhaps some such pen is

Still extant in Venice;

But please, Sir, to mention your pay.

10.

Now tell me some news

Of your friends and the Muse,

Of the Bar, or the Gown, or the House,