NATURAL HISTORY. 349

 

DCVI.

HIGGLEPY piggleby, my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen ;
Sometimes nine, and sometimes ten,
Higglepy piggleby, my black hen!

 

DCVIL.

THE cock doth crow
To let you know,

If you be wise

’Tis time to rise.

DCVIII.

HICKETY, pickety, my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen ;
Gentlemen come every day

To see what mv black hen doth lay.