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 ( 21 ) with a halfpenny rell, 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 (avn trade, and round the rim to have this motto engraved : CHALK IS NOT SCISSARS. Round the room hang divers' remnants of black cloth of the Taylor's own cabbaging, for he was very honeft that way, and never cabbaged. but a quarter cut of a yard. . At the four corners of the room ſtood four woollen-drappers, lamenting the loſs of lo good a cuſtomer, with cach 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 he is gone to receive his wagés. . At the head of the Taylor's coffin, ftood. 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 thim- ble encloſed in three ermines.