A
Pleasant
Discourse
by
way
of
DIALOGUE
,
between
the
OLD
and
NEW
JACK
CATCH
,
Occasioned
upon
the
Latters
being
Whip'd
from
Rosemary-Lane
to
the
Hermitage
,
on
Thursday
the
21th
.
of
January
,
1685.
for
Scandalous
Words
,
&c.
or
The
Hangman
turneing
Tumbler-Shower
.
Old
Catch
,
HA
—
my
Old
Friend
,
how
luckely
have
I
found
you
this
Morning
;
methinks
you
look
a
little
muddy
about
the
Gills
:
Prethee
Man
,
how
fares
it
with
thee
?
New
Catch
,
But
very
indifferent
,
such
a
Journey
as
I
had
the
other
day
,
must
needs
,
you
may
well
think
,
put
a
man
of
my
Profession
into
a
Sweat
;
little
did
I
think
,
I
should
be
put
upon
such
a
Ramble
.
O.C.
I
heard
indeed
,
that
you
was
turn'd
Ambler
,
and
was
put
upon
running
a
Race
,
from
Rosemary-Lane
to
the
Hermitage
;
but
it
seems
,
you
was
so
dull
,
that
had
you
not
been
spur'd
to
it
,
't
is
Ten
Crowns
to
a
Nut-shell
,
but
you
would
a
declined
it
.
N.C.
Come
,
come
,
Jack
,
mocking
is
catching
:
It
little
becomes
you
to
Scoff
at
your
Friend
;
it
may
be
your
own
Case
another
day
,
and
if
I
am
not
mis-informed
,
you
have
been
within
a
Spit
and
a
Stride
of
it
already
.
O.C.
But
was
so
cunning
,
you
see
,
to
shift
it
off
to
him
that
would
needs
be
taking
my
Trade
cut
of
my
Hands
—
Why
,
it
was
a
considerable
hansel
Man
,
and
worthy
of
Remembrance
;
a
thing
so
remarkable
,
to
know
the
time
of
your
Advancement
,
that
it
's
Ten
to
Ohe
,
if
some
Wag
or
other
,
don't
make
Coments
on
it
.
N.C.
You
seem
very
pleasant
,
tho'
indeed
it
is
very
unfair
at
this
time
,
considering
the
Pickle
,
my
Journey
as
put
me
into
.
O.C.
It
was
a
Journey
it
's
true
,
to
which
you
was
driven
with
much
ado
;
and
those
that
saw
you
,
say
thao
you
Travers'd
your
Ground
very
odly
,
and
often
look'd
back
,
as
if
you
had
no
mind
to
come
to
the
end
on
't
;
but
it
seems
,
by
the
help
of
driving
and
leading
,
you
did
it
at
last
,
though
with
some
reluctancy
,
as
appeared
by
the
blushing
of
your
Back-side
.
N.C.
Right
;
but
methinks
,
after
such
handling
,
you
should
Pity
him
that
succeeds
you
,
in
the
Dignity
of
the
Triple-Tree
.
O.C.
O!
by
no
means
—
what
Pity
you
,
for
learning
part
of
your
Trade
,
that
's
a
good
one
indeed
;
what
Pity
a
Man
,
for
becoming
experimentally
acquainted
with
that
,
on
which
his
Profession
chiefly
depends
:
No
,
no
,
consider
experience
is
a
great
Master
,
and
rest
your self
satisfied
.
But
prethee
what
was
the
occasion
you
was
so
soon
put
to
your
Trumps
,
I
heard
something
on
it
confusedly
,
but
seeing
we
are
upon
the
Subject
,
let
us
have
't
out
.
N.C.
Prethee
cease
that
inquiry
,
I
would
forget
it
,
as
a
thing
no
ways
pleasant
to
my
Remembrance
.
O.C.
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