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with a halfpenny roll, and a pint of ale, in memory of the many breakfaſts he had made in his life-time: And furthermore deſired, That thoſe who were his neareſt relations and chief mourners, inſtead of a mourning-ring, might be preſented with a Taylor's Thimble, in memory of his own trade, and round the rim to have this motto engraved:

CHALK IS NOT SCISSARS.

Round the room hung divers remnants of black cloth, of the Taylor's own cabbaging, for he was very honeſt that way, and never cabbaged but a quarter out of a yard. At the four corners of the room ſtood four woolen-drappers, lamenting the loſs of ſo good a cuſtomer, with each of them a white wand in his hand, juſt a yard long, wanting an inch, and a parchment label hanging on their ſhoulders, with this motto:

The Taylor has finished his work, And now be is gone to receive his wages.

At the head of the Taylor's coffin, ſtood the good triumphant, the cabbage blazoned, and the cucumber argent. On the lid of his coffin was engraven, on a braſs plate, this applicable motto.

I am now like an old Garment.

At the foot of the coffin was the ſheers pendent, the bodkin rampant, and the thimble encloſed in three ermins.