32 WILLIAM TELL.

Ges. (Aside.) Now he és a liar.
You’ve learnt to read? Mind you’re before your betters.
TELL. Read! Well, I’ll let you know I know my letters.

SONG (Tett.)
(Tunzr—Derry down.)
A, was an Archer, who shot at a frog,
B, was a Butcher, who went the whole hog.
C, the Contempt that B brought on his place,
D, the Defiance A hurl’d in his face.
Down, derry down, &c.

Ges. I know you well, and what you’re always arter,
Lecturing folks about the People’s Charter,
From casks and platforms; thundering and bawling
With all your lungs; a most disgraceful calling.
But what’s he charged with? Law I’ll soon dispense!
A 21. Contempt of hat.
GEs. A capital offence!
Yet stay—those Bluchers! that indignant pose /
That look! that eagle eye! and parrot nose!
He’s very like that little vulgar boy,
Whom, dressed in button-over corduroy,
I’ve had lock’d up for crying “ whip behind”
As I rode out. Ho! Justice isn’t blind.