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moderate terms. Those who are particular as to their 

 body's disposal, had better pay before hand, as most 

 of the good places are occupied, and the dog days 

 coming on, there will be little room to spare. 



N.B. Fees — A ge?ttlema?i, two shillings, and his 

 CLOTHES, PURSE, WATCH, and pistols included. A 

 Blackguard, five shillings, and his friends may take 

 all that belongs to him. 



GOD SAVE THE KING. 



'This will do,' said Sir Shawn, as he put the card 

 in his pocket, and tipt the old fellow a few tenpennies. 

 'There's a very snug corner, just beside the gutter, 

 where a dead body can have all its sins washed aivay 

 in the twinkling of an eye,' said Teague, 'and I wait 

 for your honour's orders to be observed in life and 

 death.' Here he exhibited from a kind of caravan, 

 a jumbling mess of blunderbusses, pistols, shot and 

 powder for sale, at various prices, the same as a 

 NEWGATE TURNKEY disposes of the LIGHT and heavy 

 darbys. 



Brian having no idea of being shot, declined 

 becoming a purchaser, but promised in this world or 

 the next to recommend him to customers. 



'I thank your honour,' said Teague, 'for I am in 

 much distress, having been bond for my poor brother, 

 who became coffin maker to the honourable society, and 

 the devil a coffin could he sell, the price between hell 

 and TIMBER being not worth the wag of a tongue, for 

 no gentleman dueller cares much, whether he be 

 damned in a bit of real good Irish oak, or in an old 



