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 THE DIVERTING HISTORY 
 
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 JOHN GILPIN: 
 
 
 Showing how lie went farther tha?i he intended^ and 
 
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 JOHN GILPIN was a citizen 
 
 Of credit and renown, 
 A train-band captain eke was he, 
 
 Of famous London town. 
 
 [ohn Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, 
 " Though wedded we have been 
 
 These twice ten tedious vears, yet we 
 No holiday have seen. 
 
 " To-morrow is our wedding-day, 
 And we will then repair 
 
 Unto the ' Bell ' at Edmonton, 
 All in a chaise and pair. 
 
 " My sister, and my sister's child, 
 Myself, and children three, 
 
 Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride 
 On horseback after we." 
 
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 He soon replied, " I do admire 
 Of womankind but one, 
 
 And you are she, my dearest dear, 
 Therefore it shall be done. 
 
 " I am a linendraper bold, 
 
 As all the world doth know. 
 
 And my good friend the calender 
 Will lend his horse to go."
 
 Quoth Mrs. Gilpin, "That's well said ; 
 
 And for that wine is dear, 
 We will be furnished with our own, 
 
 Which is both bright and clear. " 
 
 John Gilpin kissed his loving wife ; 
 
 O'erjoyed was he to hnd, 
 That though on pleasure she was bent, 
 
 She had a frugal mind.
 
 The morning came, the chaise was 
 
 But yet was not allowed [brought, 
 
 To drive up to the door, lest all 
 Should say that she was proud. 
 
 So three doors off the chaise was staved, 
 Where they did all get in ; 
 
 Six precious souls, and all agog 
 
 To dash through thick and thin. 
 
 Smack went the whip, round went the 
 Were never folks so glad ! [wheels, 
 
 The stones did rattle underneath, 
 As if Cheapside were mad. 
 
 John Gilpin at his horse's side 
 Seized fast the flowing mane, 
 
 And up lie got, in haste to ride, 
 But soon came down again \ 
 
 For saddletree scarce reached had he, 
 
 I lis journey to begin, 
 When, turning round his head, he saw 
 
 Three customers come in. 
 
 So down he came ; for loss of time, 
 Although it grieved him sore, 
 
 Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, 
 Would trouble him much more. 
 
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 Twas long before the eustomers 
 Were suited to their mind, 
 
 When Betty screaming eame downstairs, 
 "The wine is left behind!" 
 
 "Good lack!" quoth he, "yet bring it 
 My leathern belt likewise, [me, 
 
 In which I bear my trusty sword 
 When I do exercise." 
 
 Now Mistress Gilpin (eareful soul!) 
 Had two stone bottles found, 
 
 To hold the liquor that she loved, 
 And keep it safe and sound. 
 
 Each bottle had a curling ear, 
 
 Through which the belt he drew. 
 
 And hung a bottle on each side, 
 To make his balance true. 
 
 Then over all, that he might be 
 Equipped from top to toe, 
 
 His long red cloak, well brushed and 
 He manfully did throw. [neat,
 
 Now see him mounted once again 
 Upon his nimble steed, 
 
 Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, 
 With caution and good heed. 
 
 But finding soon a smoother road 
 Beneath his well-shod feet, 
 
 The snorting beast began to trot. 
 Which galled him in his seat.
 
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 'So, fair and softly!" [ohn he cried, 
 But John he cried in vain ; 
 That trot became a gallop soon, 
 In spite of curb and rein. 
 
 So stooping down, as needs he must 
 
 Who cannot sit upright, 
 He grasped the mane with both his 
 
 And eke with all his might, [hands, 
 
 His horse, who never in that sort 
 I [ad handled been before, 
 
 What tiling upon his back had got, 
 Did wonder more and more. 
 
 Away went Gilpin, neck or nought-, 
 Away went hat and wig ; 
 
 He little dreamt, when he set out, 
 Of running such a rig. 
 
 The wind did blow, the cloak did rlv 
 Like streamer long and gay, 
 
 Till, loop and button failing both, 
 At last it Hew away. 
 
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 Then might all people well diseern 
 The bottles he had slung ; 
 
 A bottle swinging at each side, 
 As hath been said or sung. 
 
 Away went Gilpin — who but he ? 
 
 His fame soon spread around ; 
 " He carries weight ! he rides a race ! 
 
 'Tis for a thousand pound ! " 
 
 The dogs did bark, the children screamed, And still as fast as he drew near, 
 Up flew the windows all; 'Twas wonderful to view 
 
 And every soul cried out, " Well done ! " How in a trice the turnpike-men 
 As loud as he could bawl. Their gates wide open threw. 
 
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 /Vnd now, as he went bowing down Down ran the wine into the road, 
 His reeking head full low, Most piteous to be seen, 
 
 The bottles twain behind his baek Which made the horse's flanks to 
 Were shattered at a blow. As they had basted been, [smoke, 
 
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 But still he seemed to carry weight. 
 With leathern girdle braced ; 
 
 For all might sec the bottle-necks 
 Still dangling at his waist. 
 
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 Thus all through merry Islington 
 These gambols he did play, 
 
 Until he came unto the Wash 
 Of Edmonton so gay ; 
 
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 And there he threw the wash about 
 On both sides of the way, 
 
 Just like unto a trundling mop, 
 Or a wild goose at play. 
 
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 At Edmonton his loving wife 
 From the balcony spied 
 
 "Stop, stop, John Gilpin! — Here's the 
 They all at once did cry ; ("house !" 
 
 Her tender husband, wondering much "The dinner waits, and we are tired;" 
 To see how he did ride. Said Gilpin — "So am I !" 
 
 But yet his horse was not a whit 
 Inclined to tarry there ; 
 
 For why ? — his owner had a house 
 Full ten miles off, at Ware. 
 
 So like an arrow swift he flew, 
 Shot by an archer strong ; 
 
 So did he fly — which brings me to 
 The middle of my song. 
 
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 Away went Gilpin, out of breath, 
 And sore against his will, 
 
 Till at his friend the calender's 
 His horse at last stood still. 
 
 The calender, amazed to see 
 His neighbour in such trim, 
 
 Laid down his pipe, flew to the gate, 
 And thus accosted him : 
 
 " What news ? what news ? your tidings Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, 
 Tell me you must and shall — [tell ; And loved a timely joke ; 
 
 Say why bareheaded you are come, And thus unto the calender 
 Or why you come at all?" In merry guise he spoke: 
 
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 " J came because your horse would 
 And. if I well forebode, [come 
 My hat and wig will soon be here, 
 They are upon the road." 
 
 The calender, right glad to find 
 His friend in merry pin, 
 
 Returned him not a single word, 
 But to the house went in ; 
 
 Whence straight he came with hat and He held them up, and in his turn 
 
 A wig that flowed behind, [wig, 
 A hat not much the worse for wear, 
 Each comely in its kind. 
 
 Thus showed his readv wit : 
 " My head is twice as big as vours, 
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 "But let me scrape the dirt away, 
 That hangs upon your face ; 
 And stop and eat, for well you may 
 Be in a hungry case." 
 
 Said John, " It is my wedding-day. 
 And all the world would stare 
 
 It wife should dine at Edmonton, 
 And I should dine at Ware." 
 
 So turning to his horse, he said 
 " I am in haste to dine ; 
 
 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, 
 You shall go back for mine."" 
 
 Ah ! luckless speech, and bootless boast ' 
 For which he paid lull dear; 
 
 For while he spake, a braving ass 
 Did sing most loud and clear; 
 
 Whereat his horse did snort, as he 
 
 Had heard a lion roar, 
 And galloped off with all his might, 
 
 As he had done before.
 
 Away went Gilpin, and away 
 Went Gilpin's hat and wig; 
 
 He lost them sooner than at first, 
 For why ? — they were too big. 
 
 Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw 
 Her husband posting down 
 
 Into the country far away, 
 
 She pulled out half-a-crown ; 
 
 And thus unto the youth she said 
 That drove them to the "Bell," 
 
 "This shall be vours when you bring 
 My husband safe and well. ,, [back 
 
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 The vouth did ride, and soon did meet 
 John coming back amain ; 
 
 Whom in a trice he tried to stop, 
 By catching at his rein. 
 
 But not performing what he meant, 
 And gladly would have done, 
 
 The frighted steed he frighted more, 
 And made him faster run. 
 
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 Away went Gilpin, and away 
 Went postboy at his heels, 
 
 The postboy's horse right glad to miss 
 The lumbering of the wheels. 
 
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 Six gentlemen upon the road, 
 
 Thus seeing Gilpin fly, 
 With postboy scampering in the rear, 
 
 They raised the hue and cry. 
 
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 "Stop thief ! stop thief! a highwayman ! " 
 Not one of them was mute ; 
 And all and each that passed that way 
 Did join in the pursuit 
 
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 And now the turnpike-gates again 
 Flew open in short space ; 
 
 The toll-man thinking, as before, 
 That Gilpin rode a race. 
 
 And so he did, and won it too, 
 For he got hrst to town ; 
 
 Nor stopped till where he had got up, 
 He did again get down. 
 
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 Now let us sing, Long live the King. 
 
 And Gilpin, long iive he; 
 And when he next doth ride abroad, 
 
 May I be there to see. 
 
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