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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 altogether free the tailor the jury gave it over to the judges, and the judges to tho 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 tho street, where the old gentleman was when he was killed by the tailor, and then let the old gentleman's son tho tailor's adversary, get up to the window from whenco the tailor fell, and jump down, and so kill the tailor as he did his father. The tailor's adversary hearing this sentence past, ho would not venture to jump over the window, and so the tailor got clear off. George went into tho mint one day, when they were melting gold. One of them asked George, if he would have his hat full of gold? George readily accorded, but it burnt tho bottom out of his hat, and they knew it would, and for the bout foiled George. However, George, to bo up with them, bought a fine large hat, and caused a plate of copper to be put betwixt the hat and tho 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 his 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 after wards prosecuted for to return it, ho excused himself, telling the judge, that he took nothing but was given him, and therefore ho was honourably acquitted, and the other heartily laughed at. George being now far advanced in years, and an being weary of tho great fatigue and folly of the court fashions, a short time before his death, he