[4] NYKY it seems was born and bred in Ireland; where his christian
name was _John_. How he came by the Jewish appellation of _Isaac_ is
not generally known. Whether it was bestowed upon him for his
resemblance to the chosen _people_, or given him by poetical licence,
may possibly be a matter of disquisition for future scholiasts.
Lest female Bacchanals, when flush'd with wine,
Serve thee, like Orpheus, for thy song divine;
Nay back return, lest my too plaintive verse
Entail on me the same Orphean curse;
Lest Venus' train of Drury and the Strand
Attack my house by water and by land;
Hot with their midnight orgies, madly tear
My little limbs, and throw them here and there;
Casting, enrag'd at my provoking theme,
Th' inditing brain into the neighbouring stream:
When, as my skull shall float the tide along,
Thy much-lov'd name, the burthen of my song,
Shall still be stutter'd, later than my breath;
NYKY---NYK----NY----till stopt my tongue in death:
Through London-bridge shall Wapping NYKY roar,
And NYK be even heard to Hampton's shore.[5]