^•24 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



Diverging uonv, he led his stout 



Pursuers thro' a circhng route, 



Aiming by stealth to e^ itate 



From them, and thus avoid his fate. 



And found at length, as chance might fall, 



A friendly earth near Watergall. 



Quickly the hounds were up, and bay 

 Their game, as he in tenure lay 

 Of doubtful ownership — poor wight — 

 Twas urg'd by all the Field, his right 

 Was not tenable — he must hold 

 By primogeniture, not bold 

 Usurpation — and in his case 

 He'd neither deed of gift — nor lease — 

 Usage prescriptive — no legal 

 Document — nor title regal — 

 To keep, as he did, possession, 

 'Spite o' th' Foxhunting Profession, 

 Defying all the sporting laws 

 Applying aptly to his cause. 

 Besides, 'twas high contempt indeed 

 In his old Foxship not to plead 

 Before the Court, per se — to shew 

 Whether he had the right or no ; 

 Or might have done by learned brother. 

 Forma pat/perh — or some other. 

 'Twas then agreed by gen'ral shout, 

 They'd, nolens volens, fetch him out ! 



Boxall doth now the hounds withdraw, 

 To give the trembling felon law ; 

 A doubtful second chance to try, 

 Whetber the knave shall live or die. 



