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 Trim; for Trim's Brain was half turn'd with his new Finery:—Rot your Breeches, says he,—I would not take them up, were they laid at my Door;—give 'em, and be dd to you, to whom you like;—I would have you to know I can have a bet­ter Pair at the Parson's any Day in the Week:—John told him plainly, as his Word had once pass'd him, he had a Spi­rit above taking Advantage of his Inso­lence, in giving them away to another:—But, to tell him his Mind freely, he thought he had got so many Favours of that Kind, and was so likely to get many more for the same Services, of the Parson, that he had better give up the Breeches, with good Nature, to some one who would be more thankful for them.

Here John mentioned Mark Slender, (who, it seems, the Day before, had ask'd John for 'em) not knowing they were un­der Promise to Trim.—"Come, Trim, says he, let poor Mark have 'em,—You know he has not a Pair to his A: Besides, you see he is just of my Size, and they will fit him to a T; where­as, if I give 'em to you,—look ye, they