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A Scene in the First Act of the New Farce - 4

a Vord about it; only dthe Shurch Minister said it vash about dthc Proprieturiesm and somedthing dthat he called Gowernment; and dthat when the King vod shee dthe Naame of TIMOTHY M’GLAUGHERY he vou’d make me a Captain or a Shustice of Pace, so soon as any Phipsiterian among dthem all; for all shuch a noise as dthey vere after making about it. But arrah! Who do you dthink I saw Yesterday?

Tim. Saidt it vash no more nor no less dthan Jemmy Blythe’s Dachter’s Husband, You knowed drucken Jemmy Blythe, dthat kept dthe Bawdy House in Omagh. His Vadther vash dthe Parish Clerk: He lived in dthe little Howsh dthere an under dthe Gallows.

Ch. Vhat dthat wheealp Bakerum dthat ysed to ride on dthe Schelling Poke for dthe Eashter Groats!

Tim. Dthe were shame. But you must not call Bakerum no more. He is now Mr-B------- Esquire a Shustuce of Pace, and Lord Mayor of dthe Shirty of L---dch--z--. He is Parish Clerk so vell as his Vadther vash,

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