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 THE HISTORY, OF LAWRENCE LAZY.

CHAP. I. Of his birth and heavy breeding ; and of his being carried to ſchool. SIR Lawrence Lazy, governor of Lubberland caſtle, in the county of Sloth, married a fair and beautiful lady, named Katherine Sloth, by whom he had one ſon, whom he cal- led after his own name. It is to be obſerved, that at his birth he was not only the wonder of the women preſent, but alſo the aſtoniſhment and grief of his indulgent parents: for as it is uſual or children to come crying into the world, ſome ſtruggling ; this had no manner of motion, either by limb or bice, but like a heavy lump he lay without any ſigns of motion, neither could he at any time open his mouth to be fed: without help. 'Tis true he