“Sir,—We have sought out the six oldest of the pauper parishioners of this place, namely as follows:—
- Margaret Squires, aged 101, blind and bed-rid.
- Timothy Topping, aged 98, paralytic and bed-rid.
- Darius Watts, aged 95, with loss of both legs.
- Barbara Copp, 94 years, born without arms.
- Philip Gill, about 81, an Idiot.
- Mary Ridges, 79, afflicted with St. Vitus.
“Among whom we have distributed your Thirty Pounds according to desire, and for which they are very grateful.
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JOHN GILLS, SAM. RACKSTROW, | } | Overseers.” |
Such were the six bearers who were to carry Lady Lambert to the church, and who could as soon have carried the church to Lady Lambert. To crown all, I rashly listened to the advice of my thoughtless mutes, and in an evil hour deposited the body without troubling any parishioner, old or young, on the subject. The consequence is, the Executors demur to my bill, because I have not acted up to the letter of my instructions. I have had to stand treat for a large party on the road, to sustain all the charges of the black cavalry, and am besides minus thirty pounds in charity, without even the merit of a charitable intention!
THE CARELESSE NURSE MAYD.
I SAWE a Mayd sitte on a Bank,
Beguiled by Wooer fayne and fond;