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 22 he was falling afleep, fhe draws up her fmoke and lets fly in the goodman's fhirt tail, which awakened him in as great fright as he had been fhot; ay, ay, woman, what are ye about ? what am I about faid fhe: dear woman you are filling the bed Not I goodman, for when my arfe was my own I took care of it, and take ye care of it now, it is yours. O rife woman and clean the bed, and keep your arfe and a' the li- berty ye had before, and more, if ye want it; feigh, what’s this, I’m a’ dirt. A fhips crew being one time in great diftrefs at fea, by reafon of a violent ftorm and being all fallen down to pr- yer, expecting every moment to go to the bottom : there happened to be an old gentleman, a paffenger on board with them, who had a great big red nofe, with drinking ale and whifky ; and being all at their laft prayers as they thought, a little boy burft out in- to a loud laughter; O thou thought- lefs rogue,faid the captain, what makes the laugh, feeing us all on the point of perifhing ? Why faid the boy, I can- not but laugh for to think what fine