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A Hounsditch man, one of the devil's near kinsmen, -- a broker. -- Every Man in His Humour. We have here discovered the most dangerous piece of lechery that ever was known in the commonwealth. -- Much Ado about Nothing.
It was an evening of mingled rain and wind, the hour about nine, when Mr. Morris Brown, under the shelter of that admirable umbrella of sea- green silk, to which we have before had the honour to summon the attention of our readers, was, after a day of business, plodding homeward his weary way. The obscure streets through which his course was bent were at no time very thickly thronged, and at the present hour the inclemency of the night rendered them utterly deserted.