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as they were going into the houſe, Tom's mother, ſtanding at the door, aſked the maſter how he did, and where he was going with that fine coffin? He did not know well what to ſay, being ſo ſurpriſed to ſee her alive; but at laſt he told her, her ſon brought in the meaſure the day before, and had got a guinea and a half from him, which he ſaid was to buy ſome other neceſſaries for the funeral. O the rogue! ſaid ſhe, has he play'd me that? So the wright got his guinea and a half, and ſo much for his trouble, and had to take back his coffin with him again.

8. Tom being now ſhort of money again, began to think how he could raiſe a freſh ſupply, ſo he went to the port amongſt the ſhearers, and there he hired about thirty of them, and agreed to give them a whole week's ſhearing at ten pence a day, which was two pence higher than any had got that year; this made the poor ſhearers think he was an honeſt, generous, and genteel maſter as ever they got, for ne took them all into houſe, and gave them a hearty breakfaſt, till they could eat no more Now, ſays he, when there is ſo many of you together, perhaps from different parts, and unacquainted with one another, I do not know