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12 The comical Adventures of he is ſo deaf, we may be ſure that he will not be offended at any thing that is ſaid in company, nor ſhould we get any great honour in throwing him down ſtairs.

This ſpeech met with ſo general an approbation, that they all ſat down to ſupper, and let their deaf viſitant quietly partake with them, which we may ſay, was another point gained. So after they had ſupped, and had ſat drinking wine and punch, and other liquors, for about the ſpace of an hour, Spiller got up, and with great ceremony thanked them all round for their very good company, and then throws down his ſhilling upon the table, for his ſhot. At which one of them roared out, as loud as he could bellow. Z-ds, Sir! What do you mean by a ſhilling! A ſhilling will not do, nor two neither! Six ſhillings a head will hardly pay the reckoning.

Why now, gentlemen, reply'd Mr. Spiller, it does not ſignify making a multitude of words, for upon my ſoul I will be my ſhilling, if you were to