The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Thomas Baker
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page 102 of 111 (91%)
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Sir _Har._ I am he. _Con._ An't please your Baronetship, searching some Houses of ill repute, in one of 'em we found these three Gentlemen, [_pointing to_ Totty _and_ Knapsack.] with three Women; and searching a little further, under a fat Whores Petticoats, we found this little Gentleman, [_Pointing to_ Shrimp.] but saying they belong'd to your Honour, we brought 'em hither before we went to the Justice. Sir _Har_. They do belong to me; here's a Crown for you to drink; pray leave us. _Tot_. If you be Sir _Harry Sprightly_, my Grand-Mother will be very angry when she hears how these Fellows ha' daub'd my Cloaths. Sir _Har_. [_To_ Shrimp.] Was that the Place I order'd you to carry the Boy to. _Tot_. Boy, the Gentlewoman I ha' been with, did'n't think mee a Boy. Sir _Har_. What Gentlewoman? _Tot_. Why, we ha been at the Tavern, where we drunk pure Sack, and saw Madam _Betty_, the Orange-Lady; and afterwards we went to fine Madam _Over-done_'s stately Lodgings in _Vinegar-Yard_, where we ha' been as merry as my Grand-Mother, when she gets drunk with _Plague-Water_. [_Feels his Pockets._] Ah Lard! Mr. _Shrimp_, where's my Hundred Pound Bill? Sir _Har_. The Lady you ha' been with, I guess, has pickt your Pocket, and |
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