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164 He kindled, as if the whole satire had been The oppression of virtue, not wages of sin: He began, as he bragg'd, with a rant and a roar; He bragg'd how he bounc'd, and he swore how he swore. Knock him down, &c.

Though he cring'd to his deanship in very low strains, To others he boasted of knocking out brains, And slitting of noses, and cropping of ears, While his own ass's zaggs were more fit for the shears. Knock him down, &c.

On this worrier of deans whene'er we can hit, We'll show him the way how to crop and to slit; We'll teach him some better address to afford To the dean of all deans, though he wears not a sword. Knock him down, &c.

We'll colt him through Kevan, St. Patrick's, Donore, And Smithfield, as rap was ne'er colted before; We'll oil him with kennel, and powder him with grains, A modus right fit for insulters of deans. Knock him down, &c.

And, when this is over, we'll make him amends, To the dean he shall go; they shall kiss and be friends: But how? Why, the dean shall to him disclose A face for to kiss, without eyes, ears, or nose. Knock him down, &c. If