Note 219 — APPENDIX,
Reading edition
The Ridiculous Travellers returned to Italy.
An Italian I was once talking with upon this crotchet contest, concluded an harangue, calculated to throw Gay's talents and taste into ridicule, with "Saire, this simple signor did tri to pelt mine countrymen out of England with Lumps of Pudding," another of the Beggars' Opera tunes.