Poem by Anonymous

On an Apple Being Thrown at Cooke, the Actor, Whilst Playing Sir Pertinax MacsyCophant

Some envious Scot, you say, the apple threw,
Because the character was drawn too true.
It can’t be so, for all must know “right weel”
That a true Scot had only thrown the peel.

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