[12] Minos is reported by the poets to have been raised to this high
office for his impartiality in the administration of Justice here on
earth: what a pity that office is not soon to become vacant; as it
might be most luckily filled by as worthy a successor.
[13] A boisterous mock-patriot, supposed to be descended from Eolus
and Amphitrite, being famous for his mackarel expeditions, his musical
knowledge of the fundamental base and public performances on the
bassoon.
Sing then, O Muse, a more pathetic strain,
To lure my gentle NYKY back again.
For, sure as Thames resembles Tyber's tide,
Shall Macaronis soon possess Cheapside;
As petty-jury-men in judgment sit,
And ev'ry Corydon, with NYK, acquit.
Yes by this knife, this useful[14] knife, I swear,
Which for my lov'd B----TTI's sake I wear;
This knife, whose haft, at Stratford Jubilee,
For ever left its parent mulberry tree;
For thence it grew, tho', tipt with steel so fine,
It now will serve to stab with, or to dine;
That tree, which late on Avon's border grew;
By Shakespeare planted; Warwick lads say true;