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22 was more afraid than hurt, but the man he fell on died directly. His son caused the tailor to be apprehended, and tried for the murder of his father; the jury could not bring it in wilful murder, neither could they alto- gether free the tailor; the jury gave it over to the judges, and the judges to the king. The king asked George's advice in this hard matter. Why, says George, I will give you my opinion in a minute ; you must cause the tailor to stand in the street, where the old gentleman was when he was killed by the tailor, and then let the old gentleman's son the tailor's adversary get up to the window from whence the tailor fell, and jump down, and so kill the tailor as lie did his father. The tailor's adversary hearing this sentence past, he would not venture to jump over the window, and so the tailor got clear off. George went into the mint ono day, when they were melting gold. One of them asked George, if he would have a hat full of Gold. George readily accorded, but it brunt the bottom out of his hat, as they know it would, and for the bout foiled George. However, George, to be up with them, bought a fine largo hat, and caused a plate of copper to be put betwixt the bat and the linen; and returning next day they jestingly asked him, if he would have another hat full of gold; He said he would : They gave it red hot and George now laughed at them in turn; telling them, that his new hat was a good one, and stood fire better than the old one, and so carried it off honestly, and being afterwards prosecuted for to return it, he excused himself, telling the judge, that he took nothing but what was given him, and therefore he was honour- ably acquitted, and the other heartly laughed at. George being now far advanced in years, and boing weary of great fatigue and folly of the court of fashions,