Note 148 — ERA OF THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL
Reading edition
In the 1786 edition there was inserted at this point the following stanza omitted in the later versions:
"Jove peep'd thro' his moons, and examin'd their features, And said, 'By my truth, they are wonderful creatures, 'The beards are so long that encircle their throats, 'That (unless they are Welchmen) I swear they are goats.'"