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Twig clergyman--but as there needs no more proof My chaunt I concludes, and shall now pad the hoof; So nobles and gents, lug your counterfeits out, I'll take brums or cut ones, and thank you to boot. Tol de rol, etc.

[1money] [2bribing] [3See] [4methods] [5walk away]

THE FLASH MAN OF ST. GILES [Notes] [b. 1790]

[From The Busy Bee].

I was a flash man of St. Giles, And I fell in love with Nelly Stiles; And I padded the hoof for many miles To show the strength of my flame: In the Strand, and at the Admiralty, She pick'd up the flats as they pass'd by, And I mill'd their wipes from their side clye, And then sung fal de ral tit, tit fal de ral, Tit fal de ree, and then sung fal de ral tit!