Let the _sworn porter_ point thee through the town."


These _portly gentry_ have been compared to kings. Howel says, "It is
with _kings_ sometimes as with _porters_, whose packs may jostle
one against the other, yet remain good friends still."

N.B. This is a _knotty_ subject.

P.T.W.

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STANZAS ON MADAME VESTRIS HAVING ESTABLISHED A THEATRE OF HER OWN.

_Written by Sir Lumley Skeffington._


Now Vestris, the tenth of the Muses,
To Mirth rears a fanciful dome,
We mark, while delight she infuses,
The Graces find beauty at home.
In her eye such vivacity glitters,
To her voice such perfections belong,
That care and the life it embitters,
Find balm in the sweets of her song.

When monarchs o'er valleys are ranging,
A court is transferr'd to the green;