deliver a Word whilſt it was on, but with great Coolneſs and Moderation. As this Cap was an univerſal Cure for Wrong-headedneſs and prevented numberleſs Diſputes and Quarrels, it greatly hurt the Trade of the poor Lawyers, but was of the utmoſt Service to the reſt of the Community. They were bought by Huſbands and Wives, who had themſelves frequent Occaſion for them, and ſometimes lent them to their Children: They were alſo purchaſed in large Quantities by Maſters and Servants; by young Folks, who were intent on Matrimony, by Judges, Jurymen, and even Phyſicians and Divines; nay, if we may believe Hiſtory, the Legislators of the Land did not diſdain the Uſe of them; and we are told, that when any important Debate aroſe, Cap, was the Word, and
