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fatigued with her night's diversion and for want of rest, fell fast asleep with her hands extended in the tub, and standing on her feet, with her belly leaning on the tub; Tom perceiving this, slips her petticoat and smoke over her head, facing the highway; several people passing by, while she continued in this posture, some of them were diverted with the sight, and others were ashamed at it; but a poor cadger had the misfortune to be coming that way at the time, and his horse taking fright at this unusual sight, threw off his creels, and broke the poor man's eggs all to smash; which so enraged him that he lashed her buttucks with his whip, in such an unmerciful manner, that with the smart and shame together she had not the least inclination to sleep for the remaining part of the day.

Tom being grown up to years and age of a man, thought himself wiser and slyer then his father: and there were several thing about the house which he liked better than to work; so he turned to be a dealer amongst brutes, a cowper of horses and cows, &c. and even wet ware, amongst the brewers, and brandy shops, until he cowped himself to the toom halter, and then his parents would