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.






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