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24 The MINISTER and Muſſel-Hor HARRY.

Harry the skull maker, whoſe lug was nail'd to a tree near my lord's garden, for cut ting young ſaughs for to make creels and skulls of. He aſſumed a head-dreſs as he had been a devil, and went and play'd his tricks in the lit-time, which frighted the whole town, till the time he was cetch- ed by my lord's piper. He was then ſent for to the minister, & was obliged to put on his frightful dreſs, with the appearance of two horns on his head; the miniſter rebuked him, but he had the aſſurance to tell the miniſter that he only frighted his own town, but that he frighted the whole pariſh by telling them to repeat or be d-d, this is your gate o't ſtir, ſo I made them repeat by fright, and I think I fad be paid by your honour fort, as you tell me ſtir, about my lord's ſaughs which I ſuffered for, if your honour's Jug had been there you could not get off ſo endy for air your lag is as lang as my grey cuts, ſo I bid you fare well until our next meeting.

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