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In a Dialogue between Ralph and Will. Entred according to ORDER . RAlph , D' ye hear the News ? Will. What News ? Ralph , Why , they say my Lord Russel walks . Will. And do you believe it ? Ralph , Why not ? may not Lords walk as well as other people ? Will. That 's not the business — but I perceive you have heard but a piece of the Story — you have not heard how the Ghost came to be rais'd , nor how he was laid . Ralph , Rais'd and Laid ! — why then I warrant you take it to be nothing but a piece of Imposture . Will. Nothing more certain , — a meer silly , idle , foppish contrivance of a Cabal of bigotted Papists . Ralph , I must confess a Bigotted Papist is a very sottish sort of Animal — But what did this deep design drive at ? Will. Why , Sir , a certain Vintner not far from Southhampton-Square , a well-wisher , you may be sure , to any Religion he could get by , had a mind to draw custome to his empty House — For he had a vast prospect of gain from the success of the Action — For quo he to himself , the people will cry , whether shall we go ? Go ! says another , we 'l go to the Hobgoblin that counterfeited the Lord Russels Ghost — for thought he , every body will be glad to see a Hobgoblin . Ralph , Puh — This is some invention of yours to put a trick upon the poor Papists . Will. An Invention of mine ! 'T is all about the Town — and besides , there is nothing more common among the Papists then to counterfeit Spirits and Ghosts — I find you never read the Story of the four Monks of Bearn in Switzerland , that were hang'd for counterfeiting the Virgin Mary ; not of the Country Curate that lay with his Neece in the shape of St. Barbara . But the Fryer had not so good luck : For he living in a young Widows House , would fain have frighted the young Widow into his Lascivious Embraces — and to that purpose haunted her Chamber every Night in a Winding-Sheet : But she being a Woman of mettle , hid a Friend of hers privately in her Chamber , that gave the Spirit such a severe Cudgelcorrection , as made him quickly beg Quarter for his bruised Bones . Ralph , But all this while , where was the Profundity of the design ? Will. The profundity of the Design was to put the Lord Russels Speech upon Dr. Burnett — And of this they were resolv'd to have an acknowledgement out of the Lord Russel's own Mouth . Ralph , That was hard to do , when his Head was cut off . Will. Oh — but though the Head of his Body was cut off , the Head of his Ghost was still on — However , tho' it be not to be deny'd , that a Spirit without a Head has a very brisk motion , yet the Committee were not so cunning , as to know how to bring his Ghost out of Buckinghamshire into Bloomsbury-Square — and therefore another expedient was to be found out — The Committee was extreamly puzl'd to find out this Expedient , till the Vintner , inspir'd no doubt with his own Pipes and Tierces , had it presently in his Pate — Quo he , Ladies and Gentlemen , why may not I act a Ghost , as well as Matt. Medbourn ? Ralph , Frolick for Frolick now , it would be a very good humour to Indict this Vintner upon the Statute of 21 Jacob . 26. for endeavouring to personate the Lord Russels Ghost , on purpose to procure an acknowledgement contrary to his will and consent . Will. Faith Sir , the very Action it self procur'd him punishment enough , to be well drub'd , and two such lovely Forehead marks of Knave and Fool , that Ten Fountains , with all the Soap in the City , will never wash off . Ralph , Pardon me , Sir , I have a greater opinion of the Vintner , and that he acted what he did in the imitation of Theseus and Eneas , who both went to visit Pluto's Dominions ; but this same Vintner undertook to be even a tormented Inhabitant of the Lower Shades himself , to advance the Popish Interest , which was much a more daring deed then that of Theseus . The Vintner had Listed himself in Hell , which Theseus never did . Will. Ay — but Theseus was Theseus ; Theseus kick'd Proserpina's Dog before her Face , in her own Dining-Room ▪ But this Bugbear of a Vintner suffer'd himself to be thrash'd like any mortal Coward , and yet the Fool had not the wit to Vanish . — They say , had the Earth yielded never so little , the first blow the Beadle hit , had struck him down to the place from whence he pretended to come . Ralph , But can you tell who hatch'd this Chicken of a Design ? Will. Politick Heads , Sir , Politick Heads — very Politick Heads — and of both Sexes too I assure ye . Ralph , I must confess , I admire neither of their ingenuities ; and as for the Women , I find 'em much more famous for the crafty carrying on a Love intrigue , or concealing their private enjoyments , then in managing Hobgoblin Plots . Will. Sir , I do tell ye , this Committee consisted of several Persons Male and Female — Imprimis , The Man of the House , and his Wife , chief Presidencess of the Council . In the next place , two Fishmongers in Bloomsbury , if you hunt after the name of the one , you may easily find it : The other a most rude and ungraceful acknowledger of the Lord Russel's former favours , as who had all along serv'd his Table from his own Shop ; his Grandfather seems to have bin the Son of Tomlins . Ralph , These Fishmongers , Sir , were notably drawn into this Conspiracy — 't was emblematical — For as great undertakings require great silence , so none more likely then Fishmongers to bear the Proverb always in mind , As mute as a Fish . Will. The next was a Tallow-Chandler , who , tho' he live by the Night , takes his name from Noon-Day . Ralph , Why that was it that spoil'd the whole Plot , to engage a Tallow-Chandler in deeds of Darkness . Will. Oh Sir , but he was to have been a Witness — and none so fit to be witness as a Man of Light — besides , Sir , he was to attend the Hobgoblin , and none so fit as a Tallow-Chandler to hold a Candle to the Devil . But observe how the Tallow-Chandler was match'd ; for the other witness was to be a Papistical Printer in the Neighbourhood . Ralph , There y' are right again — for if the Truth should chance to slip out of the Chandlers memory , the Printer had always a Register ready to refresh it . Will. By what I hear , there 's no such need of rubbing up the Tallow-Chandlers memory . A my word Sir , y are got into pleasant Company — Here 's a Vintner acts the Devil — and a Tallow-Chandler acts a Judge — and Judges Sir , are no Fools to have their Memories rub'd . Ralph , Who the Devil made the Tallow-Chandler a Judge ? Will. Wine and Fat Venson , Sir , at the Crown-Tavern in Bloomsbury ; For there it was that the Tallow-Chandler , a witty Jocose Droll of a Tallow-Chandler , finding there was something to be done to gratify the Company ( for it was at a publick Venson-Feast ) took upon him the Dignity of the Coife , and causing Mr. Hamden to be arraign'd before him , Mercilesly Condemn'd him to be Hang'd . Ralph , What had the Tallow-Chandler to do with Mr. Hamden — Surely he is to stand or fall by another sort of Judicature then six i' th Pound . Will. Oh Sir , 't was done to please a brace of Reverend Justices that were Stewards of the Feast — And such frolicks as these , Lord Sir , you cannot imagin how they digest Venson Pasty Pudding-Crust — There are some people so hot , that you would admire they do not melt their Grease , and get the Scratches with Galloping after such fancies as these . Ralph , And yet when this Tallow-Chandler serv'd Mr. Hamden with Candles , he did not scruple to take his Money , notwithstanding he might not then be of his severe Judges present opinion : And therefore there is some hope yet left , that Mr. Hamden may sweeten up his Judge into a Reprieve , upon a promise of laying in his Winter store out of Bloomsbury . Will. There was an Apothecary too , whose spleen was extreamly tickl'd at the Conceit of their design . Repute makes him a person of a bulky stature , famous for the beauty of his Wainscot Lady , and the wit of his Son , whom he teaches to curse the D. of M. Ralph , Why truly , this Pothecary is highly to be applauded for his Loyalty : for to shew the Exquisiteness of his Allegiance , he sends his Child to the Devil to confirm it . Will. There were several others that met at two or three of these consults , that have open'd their Purses to save their Reputation . Ralph , I am not apt to believe , that people who concern'd themselves with such a ridiculous Sham as this , had much Reputation to lose ; and therefore their Peter-Pence were ill bestow'd . The Proverb is , Discover , and shame the Devil . Will. That never could be better don then by the Dress with which they disguis'd him : For certainly all the Fools and Zunies in Bartholomew-Fair were never so quaintly rigg'd , as this same Hob-thrush of a Vintner was equipped to act his Tragick-Comedy . Ralph , As how ? Will. First they hung about his Neck a large Night-Rail , which the Gentlewoman of the House lent him out of her Zeal . Ralph , Most Enigmatical , Problematical , Emphatical , and Emblematical — for a Night-Rail being a kind of a Cloak , was most proper to cover a piece of Knavery . Will. To hide his lower parts , the Fishmongers lent him their Aprons . Ralph , More Enigmatical still — For Fishmongers being men of Lent and Fasting days — the Fishmongers Aprons were to put the Ghost in mind of his sorrow , contrition and repentance , for owning a Speech that was none of his own . Will. By your favour , Sir , here 's a Breach of an Act of Parliament discover ▪ d , to bring a Spirit ▪ out of his Grave in Linnen , whereas the ought to have appear'd in Crape ; and being a Lord , in Lac● Crape too . Ralph , well ! But what had the Goblin about his Head ? Will. His head was muffl'd up in a white Dlaper Napkin — to shew that the Letter was diaper'd with the Inventions of several Writers , and not of one plain Woofe . Ralph , Shame saw the Luggs on 'em , for a Company of Dotards — as if the Devil were grown as fantastical as the French , to change his Old fashions — Now the old fashions of Ghosts , ever since I heard of Ghosts , was always the same , a Winding-sheet with two Knots , and a Taper in the Spirits hands , with which the Chandler might easily have furnish'd the Devil . Or if the Spirit must needs rise in the same cloaths he was bur●● , the Cab● had much better ha' 〈…〉 b'd for a new Crape Funeral suit — I would ha' serv'● the Goblin of a Vintner ▪ another time , when the juice of his own Lime-Fa●● had burnt up his Liver . I 'le undertake there 's ne re ▪ a Booth in Pork● 〈◊〉 would have dressed ▪ up a Hobgoblin more artificially than such a consultation of Ninny-Hammers — But when the Devil was thus betrumpery'd , what did he do ? Will. In this Mere-maids Attire , he went attended with the two Fishmongirs for his Guard , and the Chandler and Printer were to be Witnesses they saw the Apparition — At length , when he came to his Posts , as the Contrivers had laid it , ▪ t is to be supposed , near the House where the Lord Russell Liv'd , he fell a groaning like an Oxe at the first Sticking ; nay , he groan'd even like the Groaning-board it self ; and after a short preamble of Lamentations lewdly uttered , He cryed out , Oh — I have no rest because of the Speech that I never made , but Dr. Burnet . Ralph , There 's no fear on t ' , but he 'l be taught to groan better when he comes to groan for himself . One would have thought he should have practis'd the Art of Groaning more accurately before he went to groan upon such an Occasion as this — He should have groan'd as if he had been groaning for his Life , that had taken such a part upon him — but it seems he rather fell a braying , then a groaning , and so discover'd himself — for upon the noise , as some Report , or at least as the Goblin deserv'd , one of the Watch coming up to him , and perceiving by his Shoes , that he had no Cloven-Feet , Can't ye be quiet , quo he , in your Grave ? I 'le make ye quiet ; and with that , gave him such a Palt o' th Pate and the Thigh , as quickly chang'd the Colour of his Ghostly Habit. Ralph , I' good faith , the Watchman did more then all the Comittee could do — For they only strove to make him a faigned Goblin , but the Watchman made him a real Raw-Head and Bloody Bones — A Catastrophe that such an enterprize justly deserv'd — But what became of poor Raw-Head and Bloody-bones ? Will. The now real Goblin was forc'd to confess his name , and the names of his Associates , and to chear up the Watch with Drink and Money for the fright he had put 'em in , and so they let him go , to groan forth his own Lamentations to the Gulls that set him at Work. Ralph , Well , I will say nothing of the Speech one way nor other , but sure it was an act neither generous nor Christian-like , to raise up an Impostor to disturb the silence of a Gentlemans Grave that had paid his last debt to Justice . Will. Barbarous and papistical , which is as much as needs be said of it . FINIS London : Printed by J. Grantham , MDCLXXXIII .