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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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