The Last Word...

February 25th 1761

Despite Mr. Tangle's distracting screams I have made considerable progress on the epitaph for the stone which will mark my final resting place. I could not resist the temptation of writing this in my own blood...

Cornelius Hump, Gent.

Born 1715, deceased ...

The pie is eaten

The crust remains

No more trifles

No more pains

Every Spring the frog

Will jump

But still I lie,

Cornelius Hump


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Dandiprat & Twangling Jack!

February 21st 1761

"You Sir are a dandiprat and a twangling Jack!"

"Potbelly! Cudden! Fustilliarian!"

Mr. Tangle was screaming by this point...

"Goat-licker! Fopdoodle..."

Having imbibed a few too many measures of aqua vitae at the Angel we were what might be termed, 'potvaliant' as we staggered and swayed on our way homewards. 

With his tattered green frockcoat, flapping shoe-buckle and lurching wig, one might readily mistake him for a lowly drazel . To think that this same creature authored such ground-breaking papers as, "Notable Norfolke Knockers", "In Defence of Conquest Denial" and "Antiquarian Articles and Pernickerty Disputations"!  

We are over-cloyed indeed!

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A Persistent Stain!

February 25th 1761

Despite Maide's best efforts the stain persists, and I am in the most damnable blue  funk as a result! I may have to take the precious tome to Pauper McKnowall's for restoration ...


One really would expect a chap to maintain his eyes more responsibly than Mr. Tangle - the fopdoodle!

Meanwhile, the aforementioned fopdoodle continues to slumber deeply, as if unconscious, as he hath many days previously...
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Gadzooks, My Lovely Book!

Feb 22nd 1761

Had just finished a grand steak and ale pie in the company of Mr. Tangle, when, once again, the poor wretch's eyes began to bleed profusely, making an unsightly mess on my treasured copy of Bulstrode Proudlove's 'Knobs & Knockers of Norfolke'. I am very concerned that the resulting stain will  be permanent, and have tasked Maide with restoring the manuscript to its former condition. This really is most perplexing!
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