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8 The comical Adventures of replied Mr. Spiller, and l'll leave entirely to thee: But be ſure do no let my horſe be changed.-Curſe you deaf head! quoth the hoſtler; you may be d-'d, and your horſe too, wiſh you were both in hell together Here Mr. Spiller took not the least notice of what the hoſtler had ſaid him but left the horſe with him in the ſtable, and goes himſelf directly into the houſe to get ſomething to drink.

And the hoſtler reflecting, that if the horſe ſhould be loſt, he might ſwear that he left him in his charge and might by that means, come upon him for damages, he therefore tied him up to the manger, gave him ſome hay, and then ran into the houſe, to acquaint his miſtreſs (for ſhe was a widow) what ſtrange and deaf odd ſort of a fellow ſhe had got to deal with. By this time, Mr. Spiller wa come into the kitchen, and had just called for a pint of red wine, but the good hoſteſs being in a hurry, anſwered him, that ſhe was very ſorry that ſhe had no place to aſk him to ſit down