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18 came to ſeven and ſixpence; or it all of them did as their wives bid them then they were to pay all alike. S on this agreement they all came away firſt to the hatter's houſe, and in h goes like a mad man, dancing and jumping round the floor, his wife wa taking off the pot and ſetting it on th floor, he ſtill dancing about. ding over the pot with thy madneſs; fo h gives it a kick and over it went, and that ſaved him, as he had done wha his wife bade him do. Then away they go to the tailor's houfe, in he goe dancing likewiſe, but his wife fell ſcolding him: O, ſays he, give me kiſs? kiſs my arſe you drunken rogue ſaid ſhe, then to her flies and lays he on the bed up, with her petticoats and kiſſes her arſe before them all, and that ſaved him. Then away they wen to the ſhoe-maker's, and in he goe very merry, and dancing about as he ſaw the other two do, ſaying come my dear heart, and give me a kiſs? Go hang yourſelf you drunken dog, ſaid ſhe, fo he muſt either go and hang himſelf directly, or pay the reckoning