Experience freightest for a better life. / The folk that comes not with us have offended / In that for which one Cæsar, triumphing, / Heard himself called in contumely, 'Queen.'

My mothers maydes when they did ſowe & ſpyñ they ſang ſometyme a ſong of the feld mowſe that forbicauſe her lyvelood was but thyñ Would nedes goo ſeke her townyſſh ſyſters howſe

sage in all fields

The crowd roared its approval and gave a standing ovation to the new President of Africa's most populous nation. That common touch has served Babangida well.