A shirking shift.
A Nimble Taylor coming to an In•• something late at night, was by rea¦son of his handsome outside lodged in a bet¦ter
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A Nimble Taylor coming to an In•• something late at night, was by rea¦son of his handsome outside lodged in a bet¦ter
room and bed then he deserved; for the Candle being left with him, he very suc∣cinctly made him a good Shirt of one of the Holland Sheets, dispatching the remaining shreds in the fire. In the morning he found very much fault with his lodging, for that he had but one Sheet; the Wench swore she thought she brought two: and none ever imagining the conversion of the Linen, he came cleanly off, though he came lowzily on, being better able to shift ever after.