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p>7 Uncle White, a venerable bed-maker of All Souls' College, eighty-three years of age; has been in the service of the college nearly seventy years: is always dressed in black, and wears very largo silver knee and shoe-buckles; his hair, which is milk-white, is in general tastefully curled: he is known "to, and called uncle by, every inhabitant of the university, and obtained the cog-nomen from his having an incredible number of nephews and nieces in Oxford. In appearance he somewhat resembles a clergyman of the old school.
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Of All-Souls' he, alive or dead; Of milk-white name, the milk-white head. By Uncle White. Here lies Billy Chadwell,{8} Who perform'd the duties of a dad well.
BY BILLY CHADWELL. Ye maggots, now's your time to crow: Old Boggy Hastings{9} rests below.
BY BOGGY HASTINGS. A grosser man ne'er mix'd with stones Than lies beneath--'Tis Figgy Jones.{10}
BY FIGGY JONES. Here Marquis Wickens{11} lies incrust, In clay-cold consecrated dust: No more he'll brew, or pastry bake; His sun is set--himself a cake.
8 Billy Chadwell, of psalm-singing notoriety, since dead; would imitate syncope so admirably, as to deceive a whole room full of company--in an instant he would become pale, motionless, and ghastly as death; the action of his heart has even appeared to be diminished: his sham fits, if possible, exceeded his fainting. He was very quarrelsome when in his cups; and when he had aggravated any one to the utmost, to save himself from a severe beating would apparently fall into a most dreadful fit, which never failed to disarm his adversary of his rage, and to excite the compassion of every by-stander.
9 Old Boggy Hastings supplies members of the university and college servants who are anglers with worms and maggots.
10 Tommy J***s, alias Figgy Jones, an opulent grocer in the High-street, and a common-councilman in high favour with the lower orders of the freemen; a spor