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The comical Adventures of
replied Mr. Spiller, and I’ll leave it;
entirely to thee: But be ſure do not
let my horſe be changed.—Curſe your,
deaf head! quoth the hoſtler; you
may be d—’d, and your horſe too,
wilh you were both in hell together.
Here Mr. Spiller took not the leaf
notice of what the hoſtler had ſaid to
him but left the horſe with him in
the ſtable, and goes himſelf directly
into the houſe to get ſomething to
drink.
And the hoſtler relieving, that if
the horſe ſhould be loſt, he might
ſwear that he left him in his charge,
and might by that means, come upon
him for damages, he therefore tied
him up to the manger, gave him ſome
hay, and then ran into the houfe, to
acquaint his miſtreſs (for ſhe was a
widow) what ſtrange and deaf odd
fort of a fellow ſhe had got to deal
with. By this time, Mr. Spiller was
come into the kitchen, and had juſt
called for a pint of red wine, but the
good hoſteſs being in a hurry, anſwer
ed him, that ſhe was very ſorry that
ſhe had no place to aſk him to ſit down,
