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Y E OLDE TYM E TA YLE OF Ye KNlOiHTE, Yc YEOMANNE,
AND Y c FA IRS DAMOSEL.

[This is a fine example of the mock-heroic, awl should be read in a rollicking,
grandiloquent mAnnex', Pronounce the words as written.]

Ca.vto 1.
NCE on a time there was a knight,
Was called Sir Dominoes
Johannes Honven-Gouven-Sehnouvers
S-'iti Demin go Mose—-
A warrior lie of noble blood
A s eJer found fun in fight.
Oh, when he put his armor on
He was a fearsome sight!
Bound round with straps and strips, and strings.
With thingumbobs and pegs,
With stove-fids buckled on his breast,
And stove-pipes on his legs,
An iron pot upon his head,
A brazen horn to Loot,
A sword stuck up his burly back,
A razor down his boot.

He owned great castles, lands, and men.
And gallant ships, and steeds,
And twice as many golden coins
As anybody needs.
Y<j knight he loved a fanner's lass:
A las! she loved not him;
But doted 0:1 a yen-man bold,
Bv name Sam-u-el S'.innr.e,
Who ploughed, and sowed, and reaped, and binned,
Who staunchly tilled ye dirt,