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with the Omen, and spent some Money there for Name
sake, so that I conclude his Name was Barnaby
Harrington. He further says, that after a tedious Journey
of about six Miles a Day, and sometimes three or four, (very
weary and heavy laden) he at last arrived at Appleby
in Westmorland, where he was born, and where, if I
mistake not, there are some Remains of the Family still
living, That he was a Graduate in Queen's College, Oxon,
is plain, but I have not had an Opportunity of knowing
what Degrees he took. 'Tis the man, no doubt, of whom the
Song says,
Hey Barnaby! take't for a Warning, &c.
[Be no more drunk nor dry in a Morning.]
He says, he afterwards (after four Journeys backward and
forward) married in the Country, turned Farmer, and
frequented the Horse-fairs all round the Country, buying
Horses when cheap, and (like a true Jockey) selling' em when
dear, upon which he is very pleasant. I thought fit to say
thus much, and more I have not, only wish the Reader
pleas'd, as I was.
The second line of quoted verse is added from the Latin
text on page 5.
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