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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2»« S. IX. Mar. 24. '60. 



accounts of the fall of these bodies were regarded 

 as absurd fables. From this book I have derived 

 some of the materials for the present communica- 

 tion. 



I will now conclude this Note, offering as an 

 apology for its length, the inscription stated to 

 be now seen with the meteoric stone at En- 

 sisheim : — 



" De hoodapide multi multa ; omnes aliquid, nemo satis." 



W. B. Rye. 



BALLAD ON THE IRISH BAR, 1730. 



The following highly characteristic ballad will 

 doubtless interest your Irish correspondents, one 

 of whom, perhaps, will let us know what were the 

 subsequent careers of the chief worthies alluded 

 to. I copied the stanzas from the original broad- 

 side, the blanks of which have been filled in by a 



contemporary hand (C w in the tenth verse 



excepted). 0. 



" A VIEW OF THE IRISH BAR. 



To tlie Freemason tune " Come let us prepare," §■<:. 



[Dublin : printed in the year 1729-30.] 



i. 

 " There's M^arla]y the neat, 

 Who, in primitive state, 

 Was never for a drudge design'd, Sir ; 

 Your French gibberish he 

 Takes great nonsense to be, 

 And is one of your sages refin'd, Sir. 



n. 

 " There's J[ocely]n next comes, 

 Who in very loud hums, 

 Which makes him not very concise, Sir ; 

 With a finger and thumb, 

 He strikes one judge dumb, 

 Who suspends till he asks his advice, Sir. 



in. 

 " There's P[rimle S[erjean]t Grand, 

 Who puts all to a stand, 

 With his jostle and shove to arise, Sir; 

 He lays down the law, 

 With as haughty a paw, 

 As if he were Judge of Assize, Sir. 



rv. 

 " There's B[owe']s, a great beau, 

 That here makes a shew, 

 And thinks all about him are fools, Sir ; 

 He winks and he speaks, 

 His brief and fee takes, 

 And quotes for it English rules, Sir. 



v. 

 " There's the rest of the wise 

 That have no way to rise, 

 But a short sleeve and seat within Table ; 

 They stop up the way, 

 Tho' they've nothing to say, 

 And are just like the dog in the Fable. 



Talks reason and law with a grace, Sir } 



Yet without bar he stays, 



Tho' he's merit to raise, 

 But converts ne'er change their first place, Sir. 



VII. 

 "There's A[nthon]j-, too, 

 Without father can't do, 

 Tho' Knight of the Shire he's chosen ; 

 For dad takes more pains, 

 When his family gains, 

 And Tony the pleadings do open. 



VIII. 



" There's Munster's great crack *, 



Who, in faith, has a knack 

 To puzzle and perplex the matter ; 



He'll insist on't for law, 



Without the least flaw, 

 Tho' a good cause he ne'er made better. 



IX. 



"There's D[ayl]y, say P[ete]r, 



Who in verj' good meeter, 

 In sound law and equity's clear, Sir; 



By the Court he's not lov'd, 



And he cares not a t — d, 

 For he knows it's their duty to hear, Sir. 



x. 



" There's C— w and B[lak]e, 



There's C[orlan]n the Great, 

 And B[our]k, all from the Irish line, Sir; 



Now Coke without doubt, 



Wou'd have chose these four out, 

 To count and to levy a fine, Sir. 



XI. 



" There's many more lads, 



Who, faith, if their dads 

 Did but hear 'em on Popish acts prate, Sir ; 



Talk of Criminal Papists, 



As if they were Atheists, 

 They wou'd say, they were turn-coats of State, Sir. 



XII. 



" There's the rest of the pack, 



With the gown on their back, 

 From one court to other they wander; 



One's biting his nails, 



Or at the judge rails, 

 And swears he commits a great blunder. 



XIII. 



" There's many pretenders, 



Who have bundles of papers, 

 A-starting just out of their breast, Sir ; 



But all the year round, 



There the same may be found, 

 And a brief without fee's a great jest, Sir." 



" There's old D[ick] M[alon]e, 

 Tho' in barrister's gown, 



INTEREST OF MONEY. 

 There are those who do not know that many in- 

 vestments which seem to yield high interest are 

 not paying interest, but interest -f- compensation 

 for risk of loss. In our day the most marked spe- 

 cimens are seen in the rates at which different 

 governments are able to borrow. If this or that 

 government cannot borrow under six per cent. 



* Calaghan. 



