"You Friend drink to me Friend" (Vol. iv., p. 59.).
—When I was a boy, about sixty-five years ago, Mr. Holder (a surgeon of some eminence at that time) was a frequent visitor at our house, and much amused us by several catches in which (under his instruction) we delighted to join; and among which was—
"I friend, drink to thee, friend, as my friend drank to me;
I friend, charge thee, friend, as my friend chargēd me;
Sŏ dŏ thou, friend, drĭnk tŏ thy friend, as my friend drank to me,
For the more we drink liquor the merrier are we."
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56. Fenchurch Street.
Broad Halfpenny Down (Vol. iv., p. 133.).
—Broad halpeny, or broad halfpenny, signifies to be quit of a certain custom exacted for setting up tables or boards in fairs or markets; and those that were freed by the King's charter of this custom, had this word put in their letters-patent: by reason whereof, the freedom itself (for brevity of speech) is called broad halfpenny. (Les Termes de la Ley.) Hence the origin of "Broad-halfpenny Down."