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"You rascal!" sang out one, "take dat; larn you for teal my wittal!" then a sharp crack, as if he had smote the culprit across the pate; whereupon, like a shot, a black fellow, in a handsome livery, trundled down, pursued by another servant with a large silver ladle in his hand, with which he was belabouring the fugitive over his flinthard skull, right against our hostess, with the drumstick of a turkey in his hand, or rather in his mouth.

Now cannot I sleep, but am as restless as a Merchant in stormy Weather, that has ventur'd all his Wealth in one Bottom. Woman is a leaky Vessel. if she should like the young Rogue now, and they should come to a right understanding why, then I am a Wittal that's all, and shall be put in Print at Snow-hill, with my Effigies o'th' top, like the sign of Cuckolds Haven.

"You rascal!" sang out one, "take dat; larn you for teal my wittal!" then a sharp crack, as if he had smote the culprit across the pate; whereupon, like a shot, a black fellow, in a handsome livery, trundled down, pursued by another servant with a large silver ladle in his hand, with which he was belabouring the fugitive over his flint-hard skull, right against our hostess, with the drumstick of a turkey in his hand, or rather in his mouth.

Sometimes a street fluctuates between two names, as that of Catharine and Wittal, which at length terminated in favour of the former. Thus the names of great George and great Charles stood candidates for one of the finest streets in Birmingham, which after a contest of two or three years, was carried in favour of the latter.

Oh Lord, we walk troo de cool wood, and over de hot cleared ground, six hour, when every body say, No use dis, Massa Bang all we tired too much must stop here kindle fire cook wittal.