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Show r A H 288 £ S 0 P. Efop. I believe he may ; but what other wrongs did he do you ? I Worn. Why, Sir, he did not treat m e with Refpect; 'twas not one Day in three he wou'd fo much as bid m e good-morrow . 2 Worn. Sir, he invited m e to Dinner, and never drank m y Health. I Worn. Then he cock'd his Hat at Mrs, Pert. 2 Worn. Yes, and told Mrs. Slippery he had as good a Face as fhe had. Efop. W h y , thefe were infufferable Abufes. 2 Play. Then, Sir, I did but come to him one day--- and tell him I wanted fifty Pound, and what do you think he did by me, Sir Sir, he turn'd round upon his Heel like a TopH i Play. But that was nothing to the Affront he put upon me, Sir. I came to him, and in very civil words, as I thought, defir'd him to double m y Pay : Sir, wou'd you believe it ? He had the barbarity to ask m e if I intended to double m y W o r k ; and becaufe I told him no, Sir., he did ufe me, good Lord, how he did ufe me. Efop. Prithee how ? i Play. W h y he walk'd off, and anfwer'd m e never a word. Efop. H o w had you Patience ? l Play. Sir, I had not Patience. I fent him a Challenge ; and what do you think his Anfwer was * he fent m e word I was a fcoundrel Son of a Whore, and he wou'd only fight m e by P r o x y - - Efop. Very fine! i Play. At this rate, Sir, were w e poor Dogs us'd- till one frofty Morning down he comes amongft u s - and very roundly tells us - That for the future, no Purchafe no Pay. They that wou'd not work fhould not eat- Sir, w e at firft ask'd him coolly and civ i l l y - why ? His Anfwer was, becaufe the T o wn wanted Diverfion, and he wanted Money » Our Reply to this, Sir, was yery fhort; but I think to the purpofe. .J. Efop* ESOP. „e Efip. What was it > °9 damnM TwTi?r i,hT, »n he mi8ht b« EJop. 1 li tell you what, <?™- I once a Pack of Beagles knew That much refembled I know who • With a good Huntfman at their TaiL Lnfull Command, * With Whip in Hand, They'd run apace The Chearful Chace, An* °f their Game were fildom known to fail. But being at length their chance to find A Huntfman of a gentler Kind, They foon perceiv'd the Rein was flack, The word went quickly through the PrrrL-They one and all cry'd Liberty • This happy moment we are free, We'll range the Woods, Like Nymphs and Gods, And fpend our Mouths in praife of Mutiny. Wtth that old Jowler trots away, And Bowman fingles out his Prey • Thunder bellow'd through the Wood And fwore he'd burfi his Guts with Blood. Venus triptit o'er the Plain, With boundlefs Hopes of boundlefis Gain* • Juno, fhe flipt down the Hedge, But left her Sacred Word for Pledge; That all fhe pickt up by the *>y Should to the public^ Treafury. And well they might rely upon her $ For Juno was a Bitch of Honour. In fhort they all had hopes to fee A heavenly Crop of Mutiny % ' And fi to reaping fell: O &* |