THREE RINGS--_Ding dong! ding dong! ding dong!_

_Hut._ To be sold by auction--

_1 Boy._ Speak up! speak up! Hut.

_Hut._ Hod your jaw--at the Queen’s _heed_ in--

_2 Boy._ The town of Butterby.

_Hut._ I’ll smash your heed wi’ the bell--the Queen’s _heed_ in the

_Bailya_--a large collection of--

_3 Boy._ Pews, pulpits, and organs.

_Hut._ I’ll rap your canister--of valuable--_buiks_ the property of--

_1 Boy._ The bishop of Butterby.

_Hut._ Be quiet, you scamp--of a gentleman from Lunnon--the buiks may

be viewed any time between the hours of one and three, by applying

to--

_2 Boy._ Tommy Sly--

_Hut._ Mr. Thwaites on the premises: the sale to commence at seven

o’clock in the evening _prizizely_.

_All._ Huih! hooeh! hooeh!

_Hut._ I’ll smash some o’ your heeds wi’ the bell--I knaw thee,

Jack!--mind, an’ I doant tell thee mither noo, thou daft fule!

This farce is usually acted every day in the streets of Durham; and to

be truly enjoyed it should be witnessed. Having nothing more of my own

to say, I shall conclude this sketch in the language of

Rousseau.--“Voilà ce que j’ai fait, ce que j’ai pensé. J’ai dit le bien

et le mal avec la mème franchise. Je n’ai rien tû de mauvais, rien

ajouté de bon; et s’il m’est arrivé d’employer quelque ornement

indifférent, ce n’a jamais été que pour remplir un ruide occasionné par

mon défaut de mémoire; j’ai pu supposer vrai ce que je savois, avoir pu

l’être jamais ce que je savois être faux.”[90]

The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac · 第 348 / 1847 题