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Thence to Wenchly, Valley-seated,
For Antiquity repeated:
Sheep and Shepherd as one Brother,
Kindly drink to one another;
Till Pot-hardy light as Feather,
Sheep and Shepherd sleep together.
Thence to Middlam, where I viewed
Th' Castle, which so stately shewed;
Down the Stairs, 'tis Truth I tell ye,
To a Knot of brave Boys fell I:
All Red Noses, no Die deeper,
Yet none but a Peace-keeper.
Thence to * Ayscarth, from a Mountain,
Fruitful Vallies, pleasant Fountain;
Wooly Flocks, Cliffs steep and snowy,
Fields, Fenns, sedgy Rushes saw I;
Which high Mount is call'd the Temple,
For all Prospects an Exemple.
Thence to Worton, being lighted
I was solemnly invited
By a Captain's Wife most yewly,
Though, I think, she never knew me:
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