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J. Ketch

Riddle A think without wch tis my real belief No cook ever roasted a surloin of Beef With a song wch altho it may seem a strange thing No one person living is able to sing Make the name of a man in a very high place Tho his friendship by some may be deem'd a disgrace

Mr Grey on Himself Too mean for a bribe & too proud to importune He had not the method of making a fortune Could love and could hate, so was thought very odd No very great wit; he believed in God; To a post or a pension he did not aspire But left church & state to C. Townsend and Squire

On Stephen Fox by ____ Fitzpatrick At Almacks of Pidgeons I'm told there are flocks But the greatest I've head of is one Mr Fox If he touches a card, if he shakes but a box [A]way fly the guineas from this Mr Fox [H]e has met I'm afraid with so many hard knocks [T]hat cash is not plenty with this Mr Fox [] ye Hawks sure your hearts must be harder than rocks If ye win without pity from this Mr Fox