So canting coblers, while from tubs they teach, 80 To give th' attorney and the catchpoll prey. Is there where law too rigorous may descend, 85 Thy courts, that, shut when pity would redress, Try misdemeanours!-all thy wiles employ, 90 95 Boaft swarming veffels, whofe plebeian state 100 Boaft Boaft thy base Tolfey, and thy turn-spit dogs, 105 110 * A place where the merchants ufed to meet to tranfact their affairs before the Exchange was erected. See Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. XIII. p. 496. Halliers are the perfons who drive or own the fledges, which are here ufed inftead of carts. CON |