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to aſk any gentlman's name At this they laughed, mocking me, and ſaid they would give me none, if I would not tell my maſters name: ſo I returned to my maſter, and told the impulence of the fellow how he would give me no letters unleſs I would tell them your name maſter. My maſter at this ſlew in great paſſion, and kicket me down ſtairs, ſaying, go you Rogue and tell my name directly; how can the gentleman give letters, when he knows not who is aſking for them? Then I returned and told my maſter's name, ſo they told me there was one for him, I looked at it, being very ſmall, and aſking the price of it, they told me it was ſixpence, ſixpence, ſaid I, willy ou take ſixpence for that ſmall thing and ſelling bigger ones for twopence; faith I am not ſuch a big fool, you think to cheat me now this is not a conſcionable way of dealing, I'll acquaint my maſter of it ſt; ſo I came and told him how they would have ſixpence for his letter, and was ſelling bigger ones for twopence, he took up my head and broke his cane with it, calling me a thouſand fools ſaying, the man was more juſt than to take any thing but the right for it: but I was ſure there was none of the right buying and ſelling ſuch a dear pennyworth; ſo I came again for my dear ſixpence letter; and the fellow was ſhuſhing through a parcel of them ſeeking for it again, to make the beſt of a dear market I picked up two, and home I comes to my maſter, I thinking he would be well pleaſed with what I had done; now, ſaid I, maſter, I think I have put a trick on them fellows for ſelling the letters ſo dear to you. What have you done? ſaid he, ſaid I, I've only taken other two letters; here's one for you maſter to help your dear penny worth; and I'l ſend the other to my mother, to ſee whither ſhe is dead or alive, for ſhe's allway's angry I don't write to her. I had not the word well ſpoken till he got up his ſtick and beat me heartly for it, and ſent me back to the fellow again with the two; I had very ill will to go, but nobody would buy them of me by the way.

Tom. A well, Pady, I think you was to blame and your maſter too, for he ought to have taught you how to have gone about thoſe affairs and not beat you ſo.

Teag. Arra, dear honey, I had two much wit of my