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which he did however with considerable hesitation, 

 and much apparent bashfulness, as we were sitting 

 down to dinner. 



My worthy masters, pleas'd you see. 

 Our viands rare of each degree ; 

 Tis but your favorite taste to move, 

 And melt the mouth with what you love. 



Savory, sweet, stew*d, roast and boil'd, 



Nicely cook'd and nothing spoil'd ; 



Beef to-day cures toil and trouble, 

 To-morrow makes good squeak and bubble. 

 On the rump if you're beginning, 

 Mustard makes it most enjoying. 

 What's worth all beside is near you, 

 Take your fill, nor surfeit fear you. 



This sort of wit however did not suit Mr Tibbalt, 

 who advised the landlord not to let Mr. Dawson 

 make a fool of him another time, but to attend to 

 his carving, as the dinner was getting cold. His 

 anger however did not last long, for I soon after- 

 wards overheard him exclaim to himself, while he 

 was conveying a glass of foaming ale to his mouth, 

 and eyeing the good cheer before him with evident 

 satisfaction 



' Hinc tibi copia 

 ' Manabit ad plenum benigno 

 ' Runs honorum opulenta cornu.' 



As he got mellow afterwards with wine and ale, 

 he would give a favourite toast, and as he cheered 

 it, would call out most vociferously 



' Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero 

 Pulsanda tellus.' 



