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I own 'twas wrong 



The double thong 

 To throw about your face ; 



Then learn this rule 



When next you tool, 

 To give a little space. 



Now Bob's awake, 



And as you take 

 This punishment so sadly, 



You, if you please, 



May pay the fees 

 To honest Lawyer Bradley. 



The action proceeded, and was tried at 

 Cambridge assizes damages being laid at 

 100/.; and so confident were both the lawyer 

 and client of obtaining a verdict that 

 should mulct poor Bob in one half of the 

 value of his coach and horses that they 

 had ordered a grand dinner at one of the 

 principal Inns, at which all who were in 

 any way connected with the "Rover," 

 male or female, were invited, that they 

 might chuckle over their assumed victory. 

 But such is the uncertainty of the law, 

 that the jury, by the direction of the judge 

 who stated that not being the appointed 



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