Here the ribs of a thousand pounds beating against the Needles— those dangerous rocks, credulity here floated, to and fro, silks, stuffs, camlets, and velvet, without giving place to each other, according to their dignity; here rolled so many pipes of canary, whose bungholes lying open, were so damaged that the merchant may go hoop for his money," A less picturesque, but more truthful, and, therefore, more melancholy description of the same scene, is furnished by the shrewd and satirical Ned Ward, who informs us, in the "Delectable History of Whittington's College," that "When the prisoners are disposed to recreate themselves with walking, they go up into a spacious room, called the Stone Hall; where, when you see them taking a turn together, it would puzzle one to know which is the gentleman, which the mechanic, and which the beggar, for they are all suited in the same garb of squalid poverty, making a spectacle of more pity than executions; only to be out at the elbows is in fashion here, and a great indecorum not to be threadbare. ‘What Frenchman would that be, missie? We ain’t let no one escape. He swore that I was his wife, and—I shot him, Nigel, as his arms were closing around me. It was too good to be true. "Gentlemen, a little further off, if you please. Her cheeks were the colour of chalk, her eyes were filled with terror. Jolly nose! he who sees thee across a broad glass Beholds thee in all thy perfection; And to the pale snout of a temperate ass Entertains the profoundest objection. She was nearly dead. Ain't we, partner?" he added, appealing to Langley, whom punch had made rather dozy. The faithful fellow will never leave me. He was wary of her, which meant that perhaps they had found one or many of the bodies that she thought she had hidden so well. He rose at once to his feet and turned a white face upon her.
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