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that claw'd him more perniciously than a Mid- 

 dlesex bailiff. 



The next day we recruited with some coun- 

 try ale, but so thick and roapy it was, that you 

 might eat it with spoons. Besides, some small 

 quantity of mutton was brought us, enough to 

 discover the cookery of the country : and the li- 

 nen they supplied us with, were it not to boast of, 

 was little or nothing different from those female 

 complexions that never washed their faces, to 

 retain their Christendom. But among the rest I 

 had almost forgot to remind you that the soul- 

 diers and people were jointly agreed to part 

 without the loss of one tear in the morning. 



Theoph. I hope not to see, nor would I will- 

 ingly dream of such bad commons, a hungry 

 belly, and nothing to bite on ; nay, worse than 

 that, more sluts than cooks ; and in every house 

 fowl women, fowl linen, and fowl pewter ; yet 

 in their rivulets such silver streams. What, not 

 a bed, nor a thread (but linsey lowsy) to keep a 

 man dry ! who could project or contrive worse 

 entertainment for the worst of his enemies ? 



Am. Why, how now, Theophilus, is it that 

 time of day ? he's an early angler that angles by 

 moonshine. 



Theoph. Mistake not your self, I'm only grop- 

 ing for baits ; it may be I propose to angle early. 



Am. Who questions it, when you catch 'em 



