munificence, had charged the gentleman that was ill, the same of his ordinary, (although he never tasted of it) as he did all the rest, viz. a shilling for eating: what, says the gentleman, do you charge me a shilling for eating; I suppose you mean for not eating; you know very well I never sat down to your ordinary nor came near the table. I cannot help that, sir, replies the landlord, you said you came to dine with me, and had a knife and fork laid ready for you, and there was victuals enough, so that if you did not chuse to eat, that was no fault of mine; you were in the same company, and I should have been as well pleased if you had eaten a hearty dinner as none at all; it makes no ⟨difference⟩ to me; and I must not break through an established custom.—Very well (replies the gentleman) if it be an established custom, I do not desire you ⟨so⟩ much as to crack upon my ⟨account⟩——So they paid their reckoning, ⟨and⟩ away they went, but not very ⟨well⟩ pleased, as we may suppose, with the ⟨landlord's⟩ ⟨imposition⟩, but when ⟨they⟩ were upon the road home again, say(illegible text)
