64 THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. [1820 



Unto the gardener — rake and spade 

 And every tool that sitits his trade ; 

 Fruit yet unpnlled, potatoes, greens, 

 Carrots and turnips, kidney beans, 

 Seeds of all sorts, with hives of bees, 

 Celery plants, and nursery trees. 



To her who keeps the house in awe, 

 And rules supreme by kitchen law, 

 I give the sugar and the tea, 

 The plumbs, and spices, and coffee. 

 Preserves, and pickles, peppermint. 

 And other waters, without stint. 



Unto the housemaid's noisy crew 

 The chairs and tables (not a few), 

 Brushes and brooms, dusters and wings. 

 And sundry other useful things ; 

 The mats, the carpets, every screen, 

 And all that they have used to clean. 



To Dorothy, the dairy-maid 



Who reared of lambs, full many a cade, 



I give pemiission for to seize 



The chiu-n, the butter, and the cheese ; 



Bowls, buckets, puncheons, lead and all 



That to the lot of dairy fall. 



To her who keeps the linen clean, 

 The laundry maid's the girl I mean ; 

 The shirts, the sheets, the napkins white. 

 With tablecloths shall be her right. 



And to the cook, whate'er befits 

 Her occupation ; pans and spits. 

 The poker, tongs, the fork that toasts, 

 And all with which she boils and roasts ; 

 Hams, tongues, and bai'on, be her lot, 

 And everything that goes to pot. 



Unto the scullion, all the cook 

 By choice or chance may overlook ; 

 Grease, matches, coals, and candles good,. 

 Fagots, and billets of dry wood. 



Aiid that no varlet may rejiine, 

 To labourer Tom I give the swine, 

 Snouters collected at great pains. 

 With all the stock of swill and grains. 



