fort of people, and spend their money very freely; and it is always a maxim with me, that one » man's money is as good as another's.'

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Very true, Mistress," said the puppet-show "I don't care what religion comes, provided the prefbyterians are not uppermoft; for they are enemies to puppet - shows.

"And fo you would facrifice your religion to » your interest, cries the excifeman; " and are defirous to fee popery brought in, are you?”

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"Not I truly," anfwered the other; "I hate » popery as much as any man; but yet it is a very ,, comfort to one, that one fhould be able to live under it, which I could not do among prefbyterians. To be fure every man values his ,, livelihood first; that must be granted; and I war,, rant, if you would confefs the truth, you are more afraid of lofing your place than any thing elfe; but never fear, friend, there will be an excife under another government as well as under this."

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Why certainly," replied the excifeman, "I fhould be a very ill man, if I did not honor the King, whofe bread I eat. That is no more than ,, natural, as a man may fay: for what fignifies it ,, to me that there would be an excife-office under another fince government, friends would be out, and I could expect no better than to follow them? No, no, friend, I fhall never be bubbled

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,, out of my religion in hopes only of keeping my place under another government; for I fhould » certainly be no better, and very probably might be worse.'

Why, that is what I fay," cries the landlord, whenever folks fay who knows what may hap» pen? Odfooks; fhould not I be a blockhead to lend my money to I know not who, because mayhap he may return it again? I am fure it is fafe in my own bureau, and there I will keep it."

The attorney's clerk had taken a great fancy to the fagacity of Partridge. Whether this proceeded from the great difcernment which the former had into men, as well as things, or whether it arofe from the fympathy between their minds; for they were both truly, Jacobites in principle; they now shook hands heartily, and drank bumpers of ftrong beer to healths which we think proper to bury in oblivion.

These healths were afterwards pledged by all prefent, and even by my landlord himself, tho' reluctantly; but he could not withstand the menaces of the clerk who fwore he would never fet his foot within his house again, if he refufed. The bumpers which were swallowed on this occafion foon put an end to the converfation. Here, therefore, we will put an end to the Chapter.

CHA P. VIII.

In which Fortune feems to have been in a better Humor with Jones than we have hitherto feen her.

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As there is no wholefomer, so perhaps there are few stronger fleeping potions than fatigue. Of this Jones might be said to have taken a very large dofe, and it operated very forcibly upon him. He had already flept nine hours, and might perhaps have flept longer, had he not been awakened by a moft violent noise at his chamberdoor, where the found of many heavy blows was accompanied with as many exclamations of murder. Jones presently leapt from his bed, where he found the master of the puppet- fhow belaboring the back and ribs of his poor Merry Andrew, without either mercy or moderation.

Jones inftantly interpofed on behalf of the fuffering party, and pinned the infulting conqueror up to the wall: for the puppet- fhow man was no more able to contend with Jones, than the poor party colored jefter had been to contend with this puppet-man.

But tho' the Merry Andrew was a little fellow, and not very strong, he had nevertheless some choler about him. He therefore no fooner found himself delivered from the enemy, than he began to attack him with the only weapon at which he was his equal. From this he firft difcharged a

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volley of general abufive words, and thence proceeded to fome particular accufations- "D-n "your blood, you rafcal," fays he, "I have not only fupported you, (for to me you owe all the „ money you get) but I have saved you from the "gallows. Did you not want to rob the Lady of her fine riding-habit, no longer ago than yefter,, day, in the back-lane here? Can you deny that ,, you wished to have her alone in a wood to strip ,, her, to strip one of the prettiest Ladies that ever was feen in the world? And here you have fallen » upon me, and have almoft murdered me for doing ,, no harm to a girl as willing as myself, only because she likes me better than you.'

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Jones no fooner heard this, than he quitted the mafter, laying on him at the fame time the most violent injunctions of forbearance from any further infult on the Merry Andrew; and then taking the poor wretch with him into his own apartment, he foon learnt tidings of his Sophia, whom the fellow, as he was attending his master with his drum the day before, had seen pafs by. He eafily prevailed with the lad to fhow him the exact place; and then, having fummoned Partridge, he departed with the utmost expedition.

It was almost eight of the clock before all matters could be got ready for his departure: for Partridge was not in any hafte; nor could the reckoning be presently adjusted; and when both these were fettled and over, Jones would not quit the place, before he

had perfectly reconciled all differences between the master and the man.

When this was happily accomplished, he fet forwards, and was by the trusty Merry Andrew conducted to the spot by which Sophia had paffed; and then having handfomely rewarded his conductor, he again pushed on with the utmost eagernefs, being highly delighted with the extraordinary manner in which he received his intelligence. Of this Partridge was no fooner acquainted, than he, with great earneftness, began to prophefy, and affured Jones, that he would certainly have good fuccefs in the end: For, he said, , two fuch accidents could never have happened to direct him after his Mistress, if Providence had not defigned to bring them together at last." And this was the first time that Jones lent any attention to the fuperftitious doctrines of his companion.

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They had not gone above two miles, when a violent storm of rain overtook them; and as they happened to be at the fame time in fight of an alehouse, Partridge, with much earnest entreaty, prevailed with Jones to enter, and weather the storm. Hunger is an enemy (if indeed it may be called one) which partakes more of the English than of the French difpofition; for tho' you fubdue this never fo often, it will always rally again in time; and fo it did with Partridge, who was no fooner arrived within the kitchen, than he began to ask the fame queftions which he had afked the night before. The confequence of this was an excellent cold chine being