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ſince they kill'd him: The people turned all Heathens, but he would not change his religion; and was going to run the country with it, and for taking the gospel a way to England; ſo the barbarous Tories of Dublin cut off his head,-- And what do you think he did, when his head was off? Tom. What could a dead man do, you foo!? Teag. Dead! faith he was not ſuch a big fool as to die yet; he ſwim'd over to England after this, and brought his head along with him. Tom. And how did he carry his head, and ſwim too? Teag. Arra, dear honey, he carried his head in his teeth. Tom. No, Pady, it won't hold; I must have a cautioner for that? Teag. If you won't believe me, I'll swear it over again.

P A R T II.

Tom. And how did you get ſafe out of Scotland at last? Teag. By the law, dear honey, when I came to Port-Patrick, and ſaw my own kingdom, I thought I was ſafe at home, but I was clean dead, and almost drowned, before I cou'd get riding over the water; for I, with nine or ten passengers more, leapt into a little young boat,