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 20 Tom. O but Pady, by your account, you are three dozen of years old already. Teag. O what for a big fool are yon now Tom, when you count the years I lay ſick; which time I count no time at all.

A NEW CATECHISM, &c. Tom. OF all the opinious profeſſed in religion tell me now, Pady, of what profeſſion art thou? Pady. Arra, dear ſhoy, my religion was too weights a matter to carry out of my own country: I was afraid that you Engliſh Preſbyterians ſhould pluck it away Tom. What, Pady, was your religion ſuch a load that you could not carry it along with you? Pady. Yes, that it was, but I carried it always abou with me when at home, my ſweet croſs upon my dea breaſt, bound to my dear button hole. Tom. And what manner of worſhip did you perforn by that? Pady. Why I adored the croſs, the pope, and the prieſt, curſed Oliver as black as a crow, and ſwears my ſelf a cut throat againſt all Proteſtants and church e Englandmen. Tom And what is the matter but you would be church of Englandman, or a Scotch Preſbyterian your- ſelf, Pady! Pady. Becauſe it is unnatural for an Iriſhman; but had ſhaint Patrick been a Preſbyterian, I had been the ſame. Tom. And for what reaſon would you be a Preſby terian then, Pady? Pady. Becauſe they have liberty to eat fleſh in len and every thing that's fit for the belly Tom. What, Pady, are you ſuch a lover of Aeſh thi you would change your profeſſion for it? Pady O yes, that's what I would, I love fleſh all kinds, ſheep's beef, ſwine's mutton, hare's All