A Corpus sizar had been well-nigh slain
By fifteen blackguards in St. Botolph's Lane.
The Mayor approved his fellow-townsinen's pluck,
And fined the plaintiff two-pound-ten for luck.
As pensively he rubbed his broken head,
" Confound old Currier Balls ! " the gownsman said.'

Gyp A. — Come now, I'll chat a little with the audience.
Our master here, who keeps in the top-story.
Honest Philoleon, for his first three years
Led a most quiet and gentlemanly life.
He was not gated more than twice a term ;
He read three hours a-day, rode every week ;
Last year pulled seven in our second boat.
In all things moderation was his motto.
But now he's gone stark mad ; and you must guess
What sort his madness is.' [To the spectators.
Gyp B. — That Queens' man there
Says that he's bent on being senior wrangler.'

Gyp A. — 'So, no ; he won't be old enough these ten years.
1 In this autumn freqxient collisions occuri-ed between the boating-
men of the University and the police. The most obnoxious member
of the force was a certain 20 C, or 20 K, who is more than once alludnd
to in the course of this Drama. Mr. Balls, the Mayor for the time
being, had pretty constantly to sit in judgment on cases of assault and
battery.
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Afivviag [ikv 6 Upovd-TTOv ^tr' ovroai
elvai ^CKoKvfiov aiirov k. t. \. — Wasps, line 73,

= Queens' college carried off the blue riband in the years 1857 and
1858, in the person of champions who, according to the gossip of the
senate-house, were by some years senior to their competitors.
