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Thence to Warrington, Banks o'er-flowed,
Travellers to th' Town were rowed;
Where supposing it much better
To be drown'd on Land than Water:
Sweetly, neatly, I sojourned
Till that Deluge thence returned.
Thence to th' Cock at Budworth, where I
Drank strong Ale as brown as Berry:
Till at Last with deep Healths felled,
To my Bed I was compelled:
I for State was bravely sorted,
By two Porters well supported.
Where no sooner understand I
Of mine honest Host Tom Gandi,
To Holm-Chapel forthwith set I,
Maid and Hostess both were pretty,
But to Drink I took Affection,
I forgot soon their Complexion.
Thence to Tauk-a-Hill resort I,
An Hill steepy, slippery, dirty:
Smith with me being well acquainted,
Drank with me till Brain's were tainted:
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