...trot one side of 's horse, The other would not stay his course. A Squire he had, whose name was Kalph, That in th' adventure went his half. Though writers,...more stately tone, Do call him Ralpho, 'tis all one ; And when we can, with meter safe We'll call him so, if not, plain Ralph ; For rhyme the rudder is...

...Butler in the middle of canto i. of Hudibras writes : — "A squire he had whose name was Ralph, And in adventure went his half. Though writers for more stately tone Do call him Ralpho, 'tis all one ; And when we can with metre safe We '11 call him eo : if not, plain Raph." In Somersetshire both forms...

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