[Verginius Rufus]

This article doesn't say if the book talks about "Rock-a-bye, Baby." I've heard it is about the Glorious Revolution of 1688/89. The baby is the infant son of King James II, and the wind that blows is a reference to the wind that allowed William of Orange to sail to England.

[Androcles]

There's also Humpty Dumpty which had a few alternate explanations, but the one I remember is that it referred to the biggest cannon the Royalists had in the Civil war at one major siege (They were defending) and that somehow it fell from the wall emplacement, writing itself off...and all the Kings horses and men, couldn't put Humpty together again!

Whether 'tis true or not its a good story.