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The comical Adventures of
What could be done with ſuch a man?
One of the gentlemen, being a practi-
tioner of the law, anſwered the hoſt-
eſs thus,—By G—d, madam, you are
very much in the right of it; for al-
though he has no right to the room
he is in, yet, as this is a public inn,
and he being in poſſeſſion of it, to
break open a door upon him, would
be ſuch an aſſault, as I ſhould not
care to be concerned in for an hun-
dred pounds. This ſpeech of the law-
yer's ſoon determined the matter, for
down they all went very quietly, and
left Mr. Spiller ſecure enough in his
lodgings.
In the morning when Mr. Spiller
came down, he very complaiſantly bid
them all a good morrow, and they in
return, all curled him heartily for his
good humour, and called him a thou-
ſand bad names; but he underſtand-
ing never a word that they ſaid, it was
all given to the wind. Here, he de-
ſired half a pint of white wine made
hot, with in egg beat up in it for his
breakfaſt, and then giving the hoſtler
a ſhilling for looking after his horſe.
