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Title: The colloquies of Edward Osborne, citizen and clothworker of London
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Manning, Anne, 1807-1879
Subjects: Osborne, Edward, Sir, 1530?-1591 London (England) -- History 16th century Fiction
Publisher: London : J. C. Nimmo New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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y Pause,and young light Hearts took their Pas-time. Miles, with Mischief in his Eye, pro-posed to me a Row on the River, whichI, nothing afeard, agreed to, for I had been 40 The Colloquies been in a Punt aforetime, if not in aWherry. He refused the Aid of a Water-man, saying lightly, This young Gentle- man knows the Use of a Scull; and,running hastily along the Boat to securethe Stroke-oar, his Foot tripped against aThwart, and he lost his Balance and fellinto the River. I guessed where he wouldcome up, and, sitting on the further Gunnelto trim the Boat, held the Oar to him,and guided his Hand to the Side, whichenabled him to scramble in. The Water-men, who had run down to us as soon asthey saw him fall over, laughed whenthey saw him safe, and cheered me ; andhe, looking rather foolish, sayth, Well, I told them thou knewest the Use of a Scull. I asked him which Way weshould pull; howbeit, he was so drenchedthat he must needs go Home to changehis Clothes, and bade me give the Water-man
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<?/Edward Osborne 41 man a Penny, saying he had not so muchas a Genoa Halfpenny about him just thentcTbuy a Custard at Mother Mampuddings.When he had changed his Under-gar-ments, and hung his Gown at the KitchenFire, he amused himself by droppingPellets from the Window on the Peoplein the Boats that shot the Arch beneath;and 7//^, with her Head stretched forth ofthe other Half of the Lattice, offered toRehearse unto me the Name and Callingof every Dweller on the Bridge, from theParson and Clerk at the one End, to theold Lady that lived all alone by herselfwith her Cats at the other. Howbeit,Miles^ tiring of waiting for his Gown todry, put on another, and bade me bearhim Company to Finsbury Fields. Butfirst he lay in Wait behind the Door, andthen stole subtilly forth, like a Cat thathad been stealing Cream ; and on my asking 42 T^he Colloquies asking him why, he laughed and said,only that Mistress Fraunces might not seehim in his Sunday-gown of a Saturday,for that would be contrary

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