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Noblemen's chafts, thake their sculls;
take Kings by the nose, and hold a ra-
zor to their very throats, which no
subject else dare presume to do.
Q. What is the great cause of the
Tailor's pride?
A. His making of people's new
clothes, of which every person, young
and old, is proud. Then, who can walk
in a vainer shew than a Tailor carrying
home a gentleman's new clothes?
Q. What is the cause of a young
Soldier's pride?
A. When he lists, he thinks he is
free of his mother's correction, the hard
usage of a bad master, his liberty to
curse, swear, whore, and do everything,
until he be convinced by four halberts
and the drummer's whip that he has
now got both a military and civil law
above his head, and, perhaps, far worse
masters then ever.
Q. What is the cause of the poor
Dominie's pride?
A. As he is the teacher of the young
