As fmooth as glafs, as white as curds, Brifk as a body-loufe the trips, Clean as a penny drefts;aqadirsa dy? be d Full as an egg was I with glee, Good Lord! how all men envied me! But falfe as hell, the like the wind? nisi Chang'd, as her fex must do Tho' feeming as the turtle kind, If I and Molly could agree,les w I stood Let who would take Peru; go at bed I bПA Great as an emp'ror fhould I be,q-zà And richer than a Jew. To Mrs. Harris's Petition. their Excellencies the Lords. Juftices of Ireland the humble petition of Frances Harris, Who must starve, and die a maid, if it mifcarries; Humbly fheweth, That I went to warm myfelf in Lady Betty's † chamber, because I was cold; And I had in a purfe feven pounds, four fhillings and fix-pence, befides farthings in money and gold: So, because I had been buying things for my Lady laft night, I was refolvl'd to tell my money, to fee if it was right. E 2 The Earls of Berkeley and of Galway. Now, Now, you must know becaufe my trunk has a very Bad lock, Therefore all money I have, which, God knows, is a very £ dɔ ƒƒmall®flõ¿k, sw iad;,id uodism ̧b`m697b-szow 1 02 I keep in my pocket, tied about my the next to my adfbek baixad‡ 2 sdu 27Μ to 1910s ai ba So when I went to put my purse, as God would have it, my - fmock was unripp'd, dW biss sw gammɔm ixɔa o2 And instead of putting it into my pocket down it flipt; Then the bell rung, and I went down to put my Lady to bed; And; "Cod knows my money was as fafe as my maiden head. ra sved I alol & So, when I came up again, I found my pocket feel very light: But when I fearch'd, and mifs'd my purse, Loraf I thought I fhould have funk outright. Lord! Madam, fays Mary, how dye do? Indeed, fays I, never worfe yavst ++ viseys2 But pray, Mary, can you tell what I have done with my Lord help me! faid Mary, I never ftirred out of this place: Nay, faid I, I had it in Lady Betty's chamber, that's plain cafe. So Mary got me to bed, and cover'd me up warm; However, the flole away my garters, that I might do my felf no harm. So So I tumbled and tofs'd all night, as you may very well But hardly ever fet my eyes, together, or fept a wink, So I was a-dream'd, methought, that we went and fearch'd the folks round, And in a corner of Mrs. Duke's box, tied in a rag, the wn money was found. So next morning we told Whittle §, and he fell a-fwearing: Then my dame Wadgar | came; and fhe, you know, is thick of hearing. Dame, faid I, as loud as I could bawl, do you know what a lofs I have had ? Nay, faid he, my Lord Colway's I folks are all very fad; For my Lord Dromedary ** comes o' Tuesday without fail. Pugh! faid I, but that's not the business that I ail. Says Cary ++, fays he, I have been a fervant, this fiveand-twenty years come spring, TY And in all the places I liv'd I never heard of fuch a thing. Yes, E 3 Wife to one of the footmen. Earl of Berkeley's Valet. The old deaf huofekeeper. I Galway. **Earl of Drogheda, who with the Primate was to fuceeed the two Earls. ++ Clerk of the Kitchen. Yes, fays the fleward tt, I remember, when I was at my Lady Shrewsbury's, Such a thing as this happen'd juft about the time of goofe berries. So I went to the party suspected, and I found her full of grief, (Now you must know, of all things in the world, I hate a thief). However, I was refolv'd to bring the difcourfe flily a about: Mrs. Dukes, faid I, here's an ugly accident has happen'd out: I 'Tis not that I value the money three fkips of a louse §§; But the thing I ftand upon is the credit of the house. Tis true, feven pounds, four fhillings, and fixpence, makes a great hole in my wages: Befides, as they fay, fervice is no inheritance in thefe ages. Now Mrs. Dukes, you know, and every body under flands, That tho' 'tis hard to judge, yet money can't go without hands. The Devil take me! faid fhe (bleffing herfelf) if ever I faw 't! So fhe roar'd like a bedlam, as tho' I had call'd her all to naught. I ‡‡ Ferris. §§ An ufual faying of hers. So |