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HIS LORDSHIP'S INVITATION by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON

First Line: YOUR CLIENT HAD BETTER A COMPROMISE MAKE'
Last Line: "SAY, A GLASS OF WARM ALE, IF HIS LORDSHIP'S INCLIN'D."
Subject(s): DEAFNESS; JOKES; LAW & LAWYERS; ATTORNEYS;

"YOUR Client had better a compromise make,"
Said the Judge; "will you ask her, Sir, what she will take?"
Very deaf the old dame, so the Counsel drew near,
Bawling, "What will you take, asks my lord," in her ear;
"Take?" replied she, "how exceedingly kind!
Say, a glass of warm ale, if his Lordship's inclin'd."



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