Page:Merry frolicks, or, The comical cheats of Swalpo, a notorious pick-pocket.pdf/2



WALPO dreſſed himſelf like a country man, with a pair of dirty boots, and a whip in his hand, and going into Bartholomew fair, met with no prize worth ſpeaking of, he walked out of the fair. At the entrance into the fair he met a countryman and ſaid to him, Honeſt friend, have a care of your pockets; you are going into a curſed place, where there are none but rogues, whores, and pickpockets. I am almoſt ruined by them, and am glad they have not picked the teeth out of my head. Let one take never ſo much care of their pockets they'll be ſure of the money. I am ſure the Devil helps them. I defy all the devils in hell, ſays the countryman, to rob me of any thing