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ting better, when I vill illuſtrate her to you by the following ſimilitude, You all know Mr. Harriſon’s houſe ’pon de Miravel phen you vill go in, dere is de kitchen ’pon t’oder, dere ish de hall in de middle; vell den, de parlour ish Heaven, de kitchen ish Hell, and de hall ish Purgatory in de middle; when any von like myshelf who ish to de habit of a shentleman, dat ish, who is a Roman Catholic goes in, he vill be shown to de parlour, but before he iſh intitled to enter, he muſt wipe, and rub, and clean his foot ’pon a mat which lie dere for dat purpoſe; dat iſh, he muſt do de pennance and purgation of dat turd plaſh, dat iſh, he muſt have money ’pon his pocket too, to pay his reckoning, or he viil not be admitted into de parlour. Dish ish, he muſt pay de clergy for praying him out of Purgatory, or, by my shoul, Peter vill not let him enter into de kingdom of Heaven:
