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 Here the too generous Ogle lies,

Who as he lived, so he dy'd,

Paid nothing off the score;

But yet for his generosity,

Paying debts when no money he did see

All people did Ogle adore.

NE time the Earl of Warwick being out late one night, and in company with are officer who had an artificial leg, they went into Dark-house near Billingsgate, but by the way, Warwick scraped a deal of dust out of a rotten post, and as he was putting it up before several people, one asked what that powder was good for; Warwick said, It was good for all manner of bruises, fores, and scalds. And to shew him the excellency of it, he desired them to bring him a kettle of scalding hot water. Then rubbing the powder of rotten post on his friend's artificial leg, he put it into the water. Now the people seeing he was not hurt, soon bought up all the powder, so that his Lordship very shortly raised between three or four pounds. Soon after this a very ingenious dray- man, who had purchased some of the powder, being in company with some of his calling, and having laid a wager that he could put his leg into a kettle of scalding water without hurting himself,