Chapter 123 Wouldst thou rub alabaster with hands sable,

'Or spread a diaper cloth on dirty table?

'More cost, more worship: Come: be à la mode;

'Embellish treat, as thou would do an ode.'

Hor. O learnèd Sir, how greedily I hear

This elegant Diatriba of good cheer!

Now by all that's good, by all provant you love,

By sturdy Chine of Beef, and mighty Jove;

I do conjure thy gravity, let