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 Next to the mercers we will halte,

we’ll teaze their iks a while,

And ſay we’re vex’d for troubling them;

then leave them with a ſmile. And, &c.

Hard ware and pretty glitt’ring things,

how ſhall be them refuſe?

We’ll ſay they’re for a country friend,

and therefore cannot chuſe. And, &c.

Upholſterers ſhall not eſcape,

at this our grand review;

We’ll price their carpets, tables, chairs,

their printed hangings too. And, &c.

Some brittle wares, we muit now ſee.

delft, china, glaſs and ſtone; (dear,

We’ll ſay they’re crack’d, we’ll ſay they’re

and of them we’ll have none. And, &c.

Now after we are thus fatigu’d,

perfumes will give us eaſe:

We’ll viſit all the ſcented shops,

but nothing there ſhall pleaſe. And, &c.

From ſhop to ſhop we’ll range about,

till ev’ning’s darkeſt ſhades,

And when we can no longer ſee,

We muſt prepare for beds   And, &c.

HE fourteenth of September,


 * in Torbay as we lay,

Bold Hawke did hoiſt his flag, Sir,

and came on board that day.