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A Gentleman passing tho∣rough St. Nicholas sham∣bles, his cloak by chance caught hold of a Butchers flesh-hooke, and he being in danger of A∣rest, thinking it was a Serjant that had him by the cloake, left it behind him, and ranne away as hard as he could drive. The more the people cryed to him to come backe, the faster still hee ranne, suspecting it to bee a meere tricke of polisie to catch him.