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18 together, and took two friends more with them, to partake of the sport.——Well, says one of them as they were going along, I hope Joe, your stomach is in good order.—Egad, master, says Joe, I must have a piece of bread and cheese presently, to keep the wind out of my stomach, or else I shall not be able to eat two pounds by that time dinner is ready.—Ay, ay, (says the gentleman thou shalt have what thou wilt to eat and drink, so that you take care not to spoil your appetite till you come there; but be sure you don’t call any of us master, but call us by our names, just as free as we do you, for to day we are all upon one footing. But, above all, be sure not to rife from the table hungry. Thus they went on diverting themselves with the thoughts of approaching revenge; and Joe, to put his stomach in tune, stopped two or three miles before they came there, and snapped up a pound of bread and cheese, and a tankard of beer, and then he said he was right. When they came there, they acquainted the landlord they were come to dine with