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your buiinefle may occafion you 

 towards Ware , this fine pleafant 

 frefh May day in the Morning. 



Viator. Sir, Ifhallalmoftanfwer 

 your hopes : for my purpofe is to be 

 at Hodfden (three miles iliort of that 

 Town) I wil not fay, before I drink; 

 but before I break my faft : for I 

 have appointed a friend or two to 

 meet me there at the thatcht boufe y 

 about nine of the clock this morn- 

 ing; and that made me ib early up, 

 and indeed, to walk fo faft. 



Fife. Sir, I know \hztbatchtboufe 

 very well : I often make it my re- 

 fting place, and tafte a cup of Ale 

 there, for which liquor that place is 

 very remarkable; andtothathoufe 

 I fhall by your favour accompany 

 you, and either abate of my pace, 

 or mend it, to enjoy fuch a compa- 

 nion as you feem to be, knowing 

 that (as the Italians fay) Good com- 

 pany makes the way Jeem fhorter. 



Viat. It may do fc Sir, with the 



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