All Wisdom comes down/ From the Great God above/ And to Practice that Wisdom/ Is Friend-ship and Love/ Be not Peevish, or cross/ But be Merry and glad,/ For good Boys have no cause/ For to Cry, or look sad.

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Ambrose Brooks, and Abel Bark-/ er, Groom, and Butler to Sir/ Stephen Marwood, one of them car-/ rying a Venison Pasty out of the/ Parlour, which was for Dinner at/ the first Course, & the other carrying/ a Dish of Tarts and Cheese-cakes/ for the Second Course.

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As the Goat goes to browze,/ Thus her Charge does begin;/ Be advis'd, my dear Kid,/ And let Nobody in./ The Wolf over-hearing/ For Admittance does try,/ But the kid answer'd, no;/ I'll not trust you, not I.

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A Bee Stung a Bear, and for/ the rash Action,/ The Bear from the Hive wou'd/ Demand Satisfaction:/ While he rifles the Hive, a/ Swarm of Bees flies out,/ And stings the poor Bear, till/ they stung both his Eyes out.

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The Blessed Virgin Mary,/ with Jesus Christ Sucking/ at her breast, & riding upon an/ Ass; as the custom was in those/ days. She is going into Egypt,/ as the angel directed Joseph/ in a dream, in order to avoid/ King Herod's cruel Massacre.

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The Circumcision of Jesus/ Christ, when he was but eight/ days old; according to the Law/ of Moses, that every Male Child/ shou'd be circumcised. which/ Law was first given by God him-/ self, to the Patriarch Abraham,/ when he was ninety nine years/ old

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A Clown that was vext with/ abundance of Flies,/ To drive them away with/ a Firebrand tries:/ This while he with wonderful/ Courage essays,/ His thatch'd Habitation is/ set in a Blaze.

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A Cock upon a Dunghill bred,/ Finding a Jewel, only said,/ Some Jeweller, with High Esteem,/ Would doat upon this Taudry Gem;/ One Barley Corn I had rather see,/ For what are Diamonds to me.

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David Morris, one Farmer/ Nicholas Bagshaw's/ Shepherd, with two Sheep, in/ Orton Field in the County of/ Westmoreland, he is driving/ one of them along. with his/ Hat, to Burton market to sell it.

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Doctor Berkley the good/ Bishop of Cloyne in Ireland;/ advising Mrs. Wilson who has/ got a Cancer in her Breast to drink/ Tarwater, and he is likewise send-/ ing Patrick Norway his Servant/ with a Pitcher of Tarwater, to a/ poor woman in Schoolhouse-lane/ that has got an Ague and Fever.

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A Dog that was an Errant Thief,/ Had Stole, it seems, a piece of Beef;/ And o'er a River swam, for fear/ Justice should fall upon his Rear:/ The Figure of this Beef did seem/ so lively painted in the Stream,/ That he for a fresh Booty hope'd/ And greedy at the Shadow chopt:/ So he let go the Prize he had,/ which vex'd him so, that he ran mad.

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Enoch Martyr, Footman to/ the Bishop of Cloyne; filling/ six large jars, in order to make/ Tarwater, which is the best/ Medicine in the world for a Fever,/ Consumption, the Small pox,/ Kings Evil, & all sorts of disor-/ders, & to preserve health.

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The story of the master who killed his faithful dog which saved his child from a snake.

A Farmer came home, and his Cradle he found,/ Turn'd quite topsy-turvey, the cloths on the ground/ He frown'd at his Dog by the Cradle that Stood;/ And Seeing his Mouth smeer'd over with Blood,/ He Stab'd him in Anger, without looking further;/ He took it for granted his dog had done Murther:/ But turning the Cradle, he found his Mistake,/ The Child was alive, but there lay a dead Snake,/ with the poor faithful Cur, to stay a Disaster,/ Had Slain in Defense of his hard-hearted Master.

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A Great many Gentlemen, and/ Ladys, at a table, at dinner, at/ a Marriage, at Cana of Galilee;/ when Jesus Christ, perform'd that/ great Miracle, of turning six/ large pots full of water, into the/ finest of wine, with only a word/ speaking.

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A Great many pretty little/ Angels, riding upon the/ Clouds, to meet Master Jacky/ Dashwood, who is just dead, and/ because he was very good, and/ made it his constant Study to please/ God; is now going to Heaven, and/ the angels are all very glad to see him.

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A Hedgehog that was on his/ Journey benighted,/ A Snake very kindly to/ Shelter invited:/ The Hedgehog approv'd of/ the Lodging so well,/ The Snake could no more/ get him out of his cell.

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Jesus Christ, when he was but/ six weeks old, brought to the Tem-/ ple at Jerusalem, & presented to/ the Lord; by the High Priest; who/ has him in his Arms, & the Virgin/ Mary kneels down, & offers a Sacri-/ fice, of two young Pidgeons, as the/ custom was in those days, according/ to the Law of the Jews.

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John Pope, a good old Shepherd repeat-/ ing the following verses to himself./ All covet Happiness/ But Oh! how few/ To Gain that Happiness/ The Right way pursue./ More pains men take/ to serve the Fiend of Hell/ Than they need take, in/ Realms of Bliss to dwell.

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The Lion Brave and Generous,/ Once in his Life had sav'd a Mouse,/ And little thought in time to see/ The Mouse as Generous as he;/ Till being hamper'd in a Net,/ Where 'twas in vain to roar and fret,/ He found what he expected least,/ His Safety from so small a Beast./ The Mouse did that which made him wonder/ And gnaw'd the stubborn Snare asunder.

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Master Isaac Seabright, Son/ to Sir Charles Seabright, a/ dying of Convulsion-Fits when he/ was but three days old; his Nurse/ sits by him, and Doctor Thomas,/ Bishop of Lincoln, is going to/ Baptize him before he is quite/ dead.

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Mr. Christopher, an old He/ Goat, with a huge long/ Beard, eating thistles, in Sir/ Francis Morgan's Park in Radnor-/ shire in Wales, and Martin Lum-/ ley a Plough Boy going to drive him/ away, or else to catch him with his/ hands.

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More instances of wicked/ King Herod's cruelty/ in killing the young children. O!/ What a sad vile creature he was,/ who wou'd not rather be a Beggar?/ a Chimney Sweeper? nay or a/ Tom-Turd-man than such a king.

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An old country Squire lov'd Dogs at (his heart),/ And he & his Kennel cou'd ne'er dwell apart;/ But one day his Son by a Villanous Hound/ was bit so severely, he died of the Wound:/ which put the old Spark in so grevious a passion/ past Condemnation;/ So Ringwood, & Jowler, & Rockwood & Tray,/ Tho' harmless, were hang'd as they (came in the way.

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Oronoko, a Black Boy, Page to/ his Grace the Duke of Northum-/ berland, telling Oliver Brom-/ field the Duke's Gardiner; that he/ must bring in some Cucumbers/ green Pease, Kidney-Beans, Horse-/ Radish, Asparagus Artichokes &/ Colly-Flowers, ready for Dinner.

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An Oxford Scholar in/ his Study, sitting by a/ Table with Mathematical/ Instruments before him, and/ a Globe of the World standing/ on the ground by him.

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Plato, Socrates, and Seneca, three/ of the Ancient Wise Philosophers/ talking together about the Immor-/ tality of the Soul, the Happiness of a/ future Life, & the shortness of this;/ As one Drop of water/ To the Boundless Sea;/ Is the longest Life, compar'd/ To Eternity.

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Rowland, & Rosamund Percival/ an honest country man & his wife/ walking to Sturbridge Fair to sell/ Eggs, Apples & Turneps, & to buy/ a new Hat, Stockings, Shoes, Lea-/ ther Breeches, and a Knife and/ Fork for their little son Edward/ who is a very good Boy & cou'd write/ & Read before he was eight years old.

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A Schoolboy was once so dull in his way,/ He cou'd not be taught so much as great A/ His Schoolfellows jested upon his thick skull/ Nay, hold, says the Youngster, I am not so dull;/ But if I learn A, which I cou'd soon do,/ They'll put me to B, C, & all the Cross Row:/ Now that wou'd exceedingly trouble my (Gizard,/ For learning of A, to be run down to Izard.

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Refers to April 9, 1747.

Simon Lord Lovat; sitting in the/ Tower leaning upon a stone Pillar;/ and Edmund Newton his Servant/ bringing him a large glass of French/ Brandy. On thursday April the/ ninth, one Thousand, seven-Hun-/ dred, & forty seven his Head was/ Cut off, on Tower Hill for High/ Treason: he being then fourscore/ years of age.

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A Stork thro' Misfortune,/ Was trapann'd with a Crane;/ He pleaded his good Deeds,/ But pleaded in vain./ The Crane is a Villain,/ The Farmer replies,/ And he that's his Comrade/ Most certainly dies.

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There was a grey Cat,/ And She got up a tree,/ And when she was there, She/ Was Stung by a Bee/ Which made her cry Mew, and/ Down jumped She.

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There was a little Man,/ And he had a little Gun,/ He Shot at two Crows, and/ He killed but one./ The other Flew away,/ For he did not choose to stay,/ For fear he should Shoot him/ Before he had done.

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There was a little Mouse/ And She came to our house,/ And a great black Cat,/ That was very fat,/ Did kill this pretty Mouse,/ That came to our House.

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Two tame Swans swimming/ in the River they are the/ Property of George Wrighte/ Esquire, Member of Parliament./ of Gothurst, or Gay-Hurst near/ Newport Pagnel in the County of Bucks.

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The boy who cried wolf.

A Wanton young Shepherd,/ Tho' no danger near,/ Bawls out, Help! Neighbours, help/ The Wolf, Sirs, is here./ They come, but are laugh'd at:/ Soon he roars, out again,/ Now the Wolf's here indeed,/ But he roars out in vain.

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