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 ( 24 ) The MINISTER and Muffel-Mou‘d HARRIE.

Muffel-Mou'd Harrie, the fkull maker, whofe lug was nail'd to a tree near my Lord's garden, for cut- ting young faughs, for to make creels and fkulls of. He affumed a head drefs as he had beea the devil, and went and play'd his tricks in the night time, which frighted the whole town until the time he was catch- ed by my Lord's piper. He was then fent for to the minifter, and was obliged to put on his frightful drefs, with the appearance of two horns on his head; the minifter rebuked him, but he had the affurance to tell the minifter, that he only firighted his own town, but that he frighted the whole parifh, by teliing them to repent or be d—d, this is your gate o't ftir; fo I made them repent by fright, and I think I fud be paid by your honour for't, as you tell me fir about my Lord's faughs which I fuffered for, if your honour's lug had been there you would not have got fo eafy off ftir, your lug is as lang as my grey cats, fo I bid you farewel until our next meeting. F I N I S.