that though this Glass,
Can't prove me brittle, it proves you an Ass.

_Sent by an unknown Hand._

O ye Powers above!
Who of Mortals take Care,
Make Women less cruel,
More fond, or less fair.
Was _Helen_ half so fair, so form'd for Joy,
Well fought the _Trojan_, and well burnt was _Troy_.

_FINIS._

The

MERRY-THOUGHT:

or, the

Glass-Window and Bog-House

MISCELLANY.

Taken from

The Original Manuscripts written in _Diamond_
by Persons of the first Rank and Figure in _Great
Britain_; relating to Love, Matrimony, Drunkenness,
Sobriety, Ranting, Scandal, Politicks, Gaming,
and many other Subjects, _Serious_ and _Comical_.

Faithfully Transcribed from the Drinking-Glasses and
Windows in the several noted _Taverns_, _Inns_, and
other _Publick Places_ in this Nation. Amongst which
are intermixed the Lucubrations of the polite Part
of the World, written upon Walls in Bog-houses, _&c._

_Published by_ HURLO THRUMBO.

_Gameyorum, Wildum, Gorum,
Gameyorum a Gamey,
Flumarum a Flumarum,
A Rigdum Bollarum
A Rigdum, for a little Gamey._

Bethlehem-Wall, Moor-Fields.

PART III.

_LONDON_:

Printed for J. ROBERTS in _Warwick-Lane_; and Sold by
the Booksellers in Town and Country. [Price 6 _d._]

THE

PREFACE.

This is purposely to acknowledge the Obligations I owe to several
Gentlemen, who have shewn their Esteem of the MERRY THOUGHT, in the
large Collections they have communicated before the Holidays: For who
knows, but many of their Pieces might have been lost, by the Effects of
Wine, Punch, and strong Beer, in the _Christmas_ Time; or by a Game at
Ramps, or Blind-Man's-Buff; or unlucky Boys; or the sticking the Windows
with Holley and Ivy: All these Hazards did we run of having many curious
Pieces destroy'd, and bury'd in Oblivion. And then again, the Cleaning
the Windows against the Holidays might have endanger'd the Loss of many
of these brittle Leaves of Wit and Learning. But now, we may sing _Old
Rose_, since a large Cargoe is already arriv'd safe at the Press. In
order for a third Part, I have myself taken Care to visit most of the
Glasiers in Town where I just came Time enough to save some few Scraps
of Wit; and have bribed a great Number of Football-Players