. St. Nicholas [serial] . By Henry Groff Dodge. A doughty knyght was Marmaduke, A doughty knyght, but slimme—So slimme, forsooth, that no fence-rayCould be compared to hym. Sir Marmaduke de Launcelot Gahalapeter Jones—was ye noble nayme he bore;Hys crest, ye skull and bones. But Marmaduke, despyte hys wydth, Was valourous and bolde,And when he put hys stove-pypes onWas fearsome to d slayn full twentie dragons, in Ye regulation way,And rescuing a princess wasFor hym ye merest play. One summers day he sallyde forthUpon hys trustie nagge, To finde some awful monster Or some dragon he m

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. St. Nicholas [serial] . By Henry Groff Dodge. A doughty knyght was Marmaduke, A doughty knyght, but slimme—So slimme, forsooth, that no fence-rayCould be compared to hym. Sir Marmaduke de Launcelot Gahalapeter Jones—was ye noble nayme he bore;Hys crest, ye skull and bones. But Marmaduke, despyte hys wydth, Was valourous and bolde,And when he put hys stove-pypes onWas fearsome to d slayn full twentie dragons, in Ye regulation way,And rescuing a princess wasFor hym ye merest play. One summers day he sallyde forthUpon hys trustie nagge, To finde some awful monster Or some dragon he myght journeyed far, he journeyed long,No dragon mette hys syght;He traveled all ye livelong day,Unto ye very

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