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APPENDIX

TO

AN ISLAND IN THE MOON


a

Little Phebus came strutting in,1
With his fat belly & his round chin.
What is it you would please to have?
Ho! Ho!
I won't let it go at only so & so!5

Isl. in Moon, chap. iii. Sung by Quid the Cynic. EY i. p. 189.

5 so & so] so so EY.


b

Honour & Genius is all I ask,
And I ask the Gods no more!
No more! No more! the three Philosophers
No more! No more! bear chorus.

Isl. in Moon, chap. iii. Sung by Quid the Cynic. EY i. p. 190.


c

Hear then the pride & knowledge of a Sailor! 1
His sprit sail, fore sail, main sail, & his mizen.
A poor frail man—god wot! I know none frailer,
I know no greater sinner than John Taylor.

Isl. in Moon, chap. viii. Sung by Steelyard, the Lawgiver. Not in EY.


d

Lo! the Bat with Leathern wing, 1
Winking & blinking,
Winking & blinking,
Winking & blinking,
Like Dr. Johnson.


Quid. 'O ho!' said Dr. Johnson 6
To Scipio Africanus,
'If you don't own me a Philosopher
*** **** **** ***** ****.'

Isl. in Moon, chap, ix—'"I say, this evening we'll all get drunk. I say,