. The nursery rhymes of England . ; so the little pig put on the coveragain in an instant, boiled him up, and eathim for supper, and lived happy ever after-wards. LVI. LITTLE Tommy TittlemouseLived in a little house;He caught fishesIn other mens ditches. LVIT. LITTLE King Boggen he built a fine , and pastry-crust, that was the wall;The windows were made of black-puddings and white,And slated with pancakes—you neer saw the like. 42 TALES. LVIII. THE lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown ;The lion beat the unicorn All round about the gave them white bread, And
. The nursery rhymes of England . ; so the little pig put on the coveragain in an instant, boiled him up, and eathim for supper, and lived happy ever after-wards. LVI. LITTLE Tommy TittlemouseLived in a little house;He caught fishesIn other mens ditches. LVIT. LITTLE King Boggen he built a fine , and pastry-crust, that was the wall;The windows were made of black-puddings and white,And slated with pancakes—you neer saw the like. 42 TALES. LVIII. THE lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown ;The lion beat the unicorn All round about the gave them white bread, And some gave them brown ;Some gave them plum-cake, And sent them out of L1X. THERE was a jolly millerLived on the river Dee,He lookd upon his pillow,And there he saw a ! Mr. Flea,You have been biting me,And you must die: So he crackd his boiies Upon the stones,And there he let him lie. LX. TOM, Tom, the pipers son, Stole a pig, and away he run ! The pig was eat, and Tom was beat, And Tom went roaring down the LXI. IN Arthurs court Tom Thumb * did live, A man of mickle might;The best of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight. * I have an old edition of this author by me, the title of which is moresonorous and heroical than those of later date, which, for the better informa-tion of the reader, it may not be improper to insert in this place, TomThumb his Life and Death; wherein is declard his many marvellous Acts ofManhood, full of wonder and strange merriment. Then he adds, Whichlittle Knight livd in King Arthurs time, in the court of Great , there are so many spurious editions of this piece upon one accountor other, that I woud advise my readers to be very cautious in their choice.—A Comment upon the History of T. T., 1711. A. project for the reprint-ing of Tom Thumb, with marginal notes and cutf, is mentioned in the oldplaj of The Projectovrs, 1665, P- 41. • 44 TALES. His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span :Then th
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