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Next to the mercers we will haste,we'll teaze their silks a while,And say we're vex'd for troubling them;then leave them with a smile.And, &c.

Hard ware and pretty glitt'ring things,how shall we them refuse?We'll say they're for a country friend,and therefore cannot chuse.And, &c.

Upholsterers shall not escape,at this our grand review;We'll price their carpets, tables, chairs,their printed hangings too.And, &c.

Some brittle wares, we must now see.delft, china, glass and stone;We'll say they're crack'd, we'll say they're dear,and of them we'll have none.And, &c.

Now after we are thus fatigu'd,perfumes will give us ease:We'll visit all the scented shops,but nothing there shall please.And, &c.

From shop to shop we'll range about,till ev'ning's darkest shades,And when we can no longer see,We must prepare for bedsAnd, &c.

Divider from 'Three Herring in Sa't, with The Answer', a chapbook printed in Glasgow in 1799

HAWKE'S ENGAGEMENT.

The fourteenth of September, in Torbay as we lay,Bold Hawke did hoist his flag, Sir,and came on board that day.