THE GATHERER.

_A Dancing Archbishop_.--Dr. King, Archbishop of Dublin, having invited

several persons of distinction to dine with him, had, amongst a great

variety of dishes, a fine leg of mutton and caper sauce; but the doctor,

who was not fond of butter, and remarkable for preferring a trencher to a

plate, had some of the abovementioned pickle introduced dry for his use;

which, as he was mincing, he called aloud to the company to observe him;

"I here present you, my lords and gentlemen," said he, "with a sight that

may henceforward serve you to talk of as something curious, namely, that

you saw an Archbishop of Dublin, at fourscore and seven years of age, cut

capers upon a trencher."

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