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 endured is noiſe a long time, the knight was forced to command him to ſilence, for he would have laughed all night. The gentleman ſaid, certainly he muſt have the aſſiſtance of the devil; of a boy, ſays Swalpo; did not a boy pick you clean? There's the devil, ſays the gentleman, and threw on the vermin too I ſuppoſe. Ay, through a quill, ſays Swalpo.

HE whole company was mightily pleaſed with the ingenuity of the laſt trick, eſpecially Roger, who could not forget how the gentleman looked when he came to and miſſed his watch, and was now and then burſting out into a laughter. Swalpo ſays, alas, gentlemen this trick is not worth talking of! 'tis ſuch a thing as we ſend our boys about; there's a nobleman going now paſt the window, with a very rich coat on his back, I'll wager, as before, to ſteal it from off his back before all his followers, and bring it hither on my back. The gentlemen ſtaked each their guinea, and Swalpo and Roger covered them as before. Now, ſays Swalpo, I am to ſhew you a maſter-piece of my art: I muſt not ſend a boy about it, but crave leave to go myſelf; neither can I ſet a time for my return, but I hope to