Lady. But they say, my lord, there was no water in that brook of the gutter?
General. Begar, madama, but dat no be my faulta; begar me no hinder de water from coma; if no will rain, begar me no can make de rain.
Lady. But did you not go to some other place?
General. O pardon me, madama, you no understand de ting.
Lord. And so your lordship, it seems, encamped with your horse and foot?
General. Ay vid de foota, no vid de horsa; begar me go vid de horsa on de gentlemen-officera, to one very good villash, where begar, be very good quartera, very good meta, very good drinka, and very good bedda.
Lady. But pray, my lord, why did you not stay with the foot?
General. Begarra, madama, because dire be great differentia between de gentlemen-officera and de rogua de sogiera; begarra de rogua de sogiera lye upon the grounda; but begar de gentlemen-officera go to bedda.
[454] There is amongst the records of the order of the Garter, written in Latin, and deposited in St George's chapel, an account of the manner in which the Duke of Monmouth's banner, which had been suspended over his stall, was taken down by the command of James the II.—Garter king at arms, the heralds, and all the officers of the Garter, attended; and, amidst a great concourse of people, took down the banner, treated it with every mark of indignity, and kicked it out of the western door of the church into a ditch, which at that time was near the church.
[455] William Symthies, curate at Cripplegate, intimates, that he kept his coach and six horses.—Reply to the Observator, p. 2.