...no wind I trow Can hurt me if I wold; I am so wrapt and thoroughly lapt Of jolly good ale and old. Back and side go bare, go bare,— Both foot and hand...cold ; But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, And Tib my wife, that as her life Loveth well good ale to seek, Full oft drinks she till you may see...

...good ; But sure I think that I can drink With any that wears a hood. Gammer Gurton's Needle. Act ii. Back and side go bare, go bare, Both foot and hand...send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old. Ibid. * See Proverbs, page 408. t Merry swithe it is in lutlie, When the beards wnveth alle. ADAM DAVIE,...

...skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. Back and side go bare, go bare. Both hand and f ;ot go cold : But belly, God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old. I love no roast, but a nut-brown toast, And a crab laid in the fire, A little bread shall do me stead,...

...take ye no care, I nothing am a-cold; I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. , ' Back and side go bare, go bare; Both foot and hand...send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old. "I love no roast but a nut brown toast, And a crab laid in the fire; •\iiil little bread shall do...

...he sung an old song, till the rafters resounded, and the old man joined in with the chorus : — " Both back and side go bare, go bare, Both foot and hand go cold ; But on Christmas give us good ale enough, Whether it be new or old." At last Santa Clans rose, but no word...

...hood. Though I go bare, take ye no care, I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. Back and side go bare, go bare ; Both foot and hand...send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old. I love no roast but a nut-brown toast, And a crab laid in the fire ; And little bread shall do me stead...

...author of the Devil's Chain, say of a bishop nowadays who should write such lines as these ? — ' Back and side go bare, go bare. Both foot and hand...send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old.' We will, however, leave these early writers, and pass on to those of a century later, for fear we should...

...Foaming and frothing like cream." "Let back and side go bare, go bare, Both foot and hand grow cold, grow cold ; But belly — God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old ! " I am acquainted with a teetotal gentleman who is very fond of cider, which he drinks to excess,...

...bare, take ye no care, I am nothing a cold, I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. Back and side go bare, go bare, Both foot and hand go cold ; * For the purpose of comparison, Mr. Dyce's version is here printed; the original style of spelling...

...have them lustily troul'd, God save the lives of them and their wives, Whether they be young or old. Back and side go bare, go bare, — Both foot and...send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old. UOW COMMODORE TRUNNION WENT TO GET MARRIED. TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT. THE fame of this extraordinary...