upon a cloth, whereupon these, or the like, 

 words were written : 



O noble Gipsey such a cock art thou, 

 As Bury Town did ne'er contain till now ; 

 Wherefore to praise thy worth and spread 



thy fame 

 We make this show in honour of thy name 



"So soon as the painted cloth was thus 

 finished the cock was put into a pretty fine 

 cage which two men carried betwixt them, 

 the cloth being borne a good distance before 

 them ; and in this wise, having the w^aits 

 (band) of the town with us, the trained 

 soldiers, the cock masters and clivers others, 

 we marched to and fro throughout the whole 

 town ; which being clone we returned to the 

 cock-pit again where the cock was no sooner 

 set down but all the soldiers discharged their 

 pieces over him, which w T e thought would 

 have daunted and discouraged him for ever ; 

 yet notwithstanding all the noise they made, 

 he was nothing dismayed, but in the very 

 middle of the volley of shot he clapped his 

 wings and crowed " 



A famous fighting cock in those clays was 

 regarded much as a great race horse is regarded 

 in our own time 



