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 beg to speak with due respect, whether he be the descendant of the Vice of the Moralities with his wooden lath, or not (though Harlequin may better answer this description); he still maintains his ground, and has been the cause of laughter to most of us; long and late therefore may it be before he is compelled by the "march of intellect" to squeak out his adieus, and favour us with his reminiscences.

During the destructive wars of York and Lan-