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 OF LAWRENCE LAZY. 19 and myſelf, with all the reſt of the for- vants were laid ſnoring in the middle of the kitchen inſomuch that when my maſter came home, and found me in that pickle, he was not only in a paſſion but likewiſe kicked me out of his ſervice-And all this I ſuffered by the treaſonable practices of the pri- ſoner. Law. My Lord, it is no wonder for a fat greaſy cook to be lazy, and there- fore it is very hard that I ſhould be called in queſtion for it. Perhaps he had been down in the cellar, and in drinking his maſter and Lady's health he might ſtupify his ſenſes. Judge. Lawrence this is a cunning fetch of your own, but it will not avail you any thing, in reguard you are no- ted for a promoter of ſloth and idle- neſs. Cryer. Call Mr. Wheatley the farmer. Mr. Wheatley call’d and ſworn. Cryer. Mr. Wheatley, inform my Lord what you know concerning the priſoner at the bar. Mr. Wheatley. My Lord, as I was dining with my harveſt folks in the corn-field, the priſoner at the bar