Poem by John Heywood

Of Hogstown

The head man in Hogstown, hogherd is expressed;
Where hogs be parishioners, hogherd must be best.
Yet hogshead in Hogstown is no John-a-droin, 
Pigs dare not quich there, if hogshead hang the groin.

1. Of Holding an Inn
2. Of a Hand-gun and a Hand
3. Of Treading a Shoe Awry
4. Of Dogs and Thieves
5. Of Foreknowledge

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