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( 7 ) t the cathedral the next Sunday The Dean. ighted with his converſation, gave his cor ſ n- The Lord-Lieutenant with his court were all at church, and ſat oppoſite to the pulpit. None of them d and recollection of Joſeph till after naming his text, which was in Geneſis xl. 23 "Yet did not the chief Butler remember Joſeph, but forgot him." From which he made ſo pointed an alluſion to the duke and his entertainment in the Iſle of Man, that his features were recogniſed; and when the ſermon was done, he was invited to the caſtle, and a good living provided for him.

17. The following EPITAPH is engraven on a tomb in the Church-yard of Barron-on-Soar Leiceſterhire.

Here in this grave there lies a Cave: We call a cave a grave. if cave be grave, and grave cave, Then, reader, judge, I crave, Whether doth Cave he here in grave, Or grave here lie in Cave? If grave in Cave here buried lie, Then grave, where is thy victory? Go, reader, and report here lies a Cave, Who conquers death, and buries his own grave.

18. Dr. YOUNG was once-in 's party of pleaſure with a few ladies, going up by water to Vauxhall; and he amuſed them with a tune on the German flute. Behind him ſeveral officers were alſo in a boat rowing for the ſame place, and ſoon came along-ſide the boat in which were the doctor and his party. The doctor, who was never conceited of his plaving, put up his flute ps their approach. Of the officers inſtantly aſked why he ceaſed to play, or put up his flute. For the ſame reaſon, ſaid he that I took it out-to pleaſe myſelf. The ſun of Mars very peremptorily rejoined, that