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him, he would receive ſixpence for each of them This good news made the ſhaver ſend for a dram. Leper was ſtill praiſing them for quiet good-natured gentlemen,- So Leper takes him to the bed where the ſheep-heads lay covered, and deſired him to waken them, for they would not be angry, or ſay an ill word to him, the barber lifts the covering, and ſeeing the ſheep heads, runs out curſing and ſwearing, and Leper crying after him, “Sheep-head barber."

The Barber reſolved to be revenged on Leper, ſo when he was ſhaving Meſs John, he tells him, that Leper was the drunkeneſt fellow in the pariſh; ſo Meſs John warns him to the ſeſſion: Leper comes and ſays, "What do you want with me, Sir? Come away, Leper, ſays Meſs John. I hear a bad report of you."-"Me, Sir! I am ſure they were not my friends that told you that."-Indeed, I am informed you are a great drunkard.-I a drunkard! you have not a ſoberer man in your pariſh: Stay, Sir, I'll tell you how I lead my life: In the morning I take a choppin of ale, and a bit of bread, that I call my morning:- Forbreakfaſt I generally take a herring and a chopin of ale, for I cannot ſup broſe like my lads; the herring makes me dry, ſo at eleven hours I take a pint; at dinner another pint; at four afternoon my comrades and I join, ſometimes we are a pint and ſome-