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A Scene in the First Act of the New Farce - 6

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Villiam Mc’Caustlau or any other clawer Shentlemen dthat he had heard owf bewhore dhto it should send him whifty Miles on a Fool’s Errand, if he cou’d get a Dinner or a Supper whor it.---Dthe Wife and dthe Brats, in dthe mean Time, liued on boiled Wheat and Preatys. So he sune got Money, and made himshelf a Merchant and dthen he shet up whor a Conshurer, and then innocent Dutch whoaks, dthinking ewery Body wash as honest as dthemselves believed “he did know ewery dthing” And so dthey made him Lord Mayor.

Ch. Saidt! I believe dthe mosht owf dthe whoaks in dish Towned are all Whools. If Torlagh Roe were to come here dthey vou’d make him Goverour.

Tim. Arrah! You are a Whool. The Governour is made on todther Side of dthe Vater.

Ch. But how comes he to be Shurwayor!

Tim. Saidt, and I will tell you dthat too.---He knows no more owf dther Art nor Schyence dthan a Cow does: But dthen he is so cunning as Nobody. He has (Vhat

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  1. A Scene in the First Act of the New Farce - 6