-.?rith a.ba//offui?erfine ?oax, which he always car- ries in l??ket for that u�e, he a!arm'd the room with a Iml of laughter, which dzew the eyes .-of the affembly towards him, and made all oi ? them v.erlr folIicitous to know the conceit which eel at; but the do&or was not, for feveral minutes, �able todo.it, the fit continuing upon him, and gro.w. ing louder and'louder.: at hit, when it bega n to in- termit, he mad? a-tNft to .reveal the cau? of his ,mirth thus; Why �entlem?, laid he..--ha! halha!---
- ?hygeralemen, I fay, .the !?rettiefi El?igram ! ha! ha!
.t' [a,j,.tln i?ratiqt �t?igram k,o?n-this ball of wax here, .ha! ha! ha!--that ever heard i$ your. lives. ,' .Sly' tha?-ddtor Crafl'us!? Then the doctor com- ?a;d his countenance, and/landing up, with the g?oax in his right haM, Fonotm� fol-
- 1o?ing.diRieh with an hemick era?hafts.
?/s wax, d?el?e, ?ith r?hich my l?}e r glad:e, the belt wax I ever m'd iu Mi my days, Ha ! 'ha! ha ! Ho? d]ye like it, gentlemen t--ha! ha-!
- fia! .rs it not zery .pretty., gentlemen g---Very rett
?itl:cutfiattery, ddtor, ?raid they all; p . '? ?er? excellent, rod. ed. Upon which the do&or fmi!ed'pleafinfly, and lighted his pi?e. . Then Mr..dlex?der Tag &fired to be m?ormed, whether the fifth article, which prohibits all ti?na ? ?he church of England, as by ta? eftablip'd, excludes the:? of' the heathen deities in his fian?m. pofitions ? which was anfwer'd hi?m in thene] gatme5 ?t being, as they obfeWd, impoffible to excel in /vue:?_etry wii:hout them.-Upon which Mr. Tag ?rln?dagreat deal ofjoy i telling them thathe had
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