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THo. Randalph the wit of Cambridg•• coming to London, had a great mind•• see Master Johnson, who was then drinking 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Devil-Tavern near Temple-bar, wi•••• Master Drayton, Master Daniel, and Mast•••• Silvester, three eminent Poets of that a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 he being loath to intrude into their compa∣ny, and yet willing to be called, peeped i•• several times at the door, insomuch the Master Johnson at last took notice of him
and said, Come in John Bo-peep. Master Ran∣dolph was not so gallant in cloaths as they, however he sat down amongst them; at last when the reckoning came to be paid, which was five shillings, it was agreed, that he who made the best extempore verse should go Scot-free, the other four to pay it all: whereupon every one of them put out their verses; at last it came to Master Randolphs turn, whose lines were these:
I John Bo-peep, to you four sheep, With each one his good fleece; If you are willing to pay your five shilling, 'Tis fifteen pence apiece.