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LONDON.The following Copy of Verfei tai Written Exte i pore, laft Wednefday Se'nnight, by aGentleman who wu a Spedator o' .be famousTr jal of Skill between the TwoGrea Mailers ofthe Noble Science of Defence, Meffieurs'/’7g£ and Sutton; bat came much too late to be inferred in chat Week’s Journal.LOng was the great Figg% by the Prixe fighting Swains,Sole Monarch acknowledg’d, of MarrowbonePlains }TotheTowns, far and near,did his Valour extend, And fwam down the Riverirotalbame to Grave fiend jThere liv’d Mr. Sutfon, Pipe-maker by Trade ; Who hearing that Figg was thought fuch aftout Blade,Refolv'd to put in for a Share of his Fame,And fo lent to challenge the Champion olTbame.n.With alternate Advantage two Trials had pa ft, When they fought out the Rubbers on Wcdneft day lafLTo fee fuch a Conreft, theHoufe was fo full, There hardly was room left to thruft in y ourSkuil.With a Prelude of Cudgels we fir-ft were fainted,ti JAnd two or three Shoulders moft hanJfomely fluted;, Till wearied at Uft with inferior Difafters,AH the Company cry’d, Come, The Maftersy The M after s.III.Whereupon the bold Suttcn firft mounted the Stage,Made his Honours, as ufual, and yearn'd to engage ;Then Figg with a Vifage fo fierce and fedare, Came and enter'd the Lift with hit frefli fhaven Pate jTheir Arms were encircled by Arraigers Two, With a red Ribbon Sutton tf and Figg'* with a Blue.Thus adorn'd, the two Heroes ’twixt Shoulder* and Elbow,Shook Hands, and went to’c, and the Word itwas Bilboe.IV.Sure fuch a Concern in the Eyes of Spettors, Was sever yet fcen in our Amphitheatres:Our Common* and Peers from their fcveral Pisces To half an Inch diance all pointed their Faces, While the Rays of old Pkaebus, that Ihot thro* the Sky-light,Seem’d to make on the Stage a new kind of Twi-light,And the Gods, without doubt, if one could but have leen 'em,Wore peeping there thro’ to dojuftice between 'emV.ftruck the firft Stroke, and with fuch a vaft Fury,That he broke his huge Weapon in Twain I affure you;And if his brave Rival this Blow had not warded, His Head from his Shoulders had q\iite been dif-carded;Figg arm'd him again, and they took t'other Tilt, And then Sutton % Blade run away from its Hi If. The Weapon's were frighted, but as for the Men, In truth they ne'er minded, but at it again.VISuch a Force in their Blows, you'd have thought it a Wonder,Every Stroke they receiv’d, did not cleave themafunder :LONDON.VIII.That Bruifts and Wounds a Man’s Spirit (honktouch,With Danger fo little, with Honour fo much ! Well, they borh took a Dram ahd return’d tlt; the Battle,And with a frtfh Fury they made the Sword;rattle ;While Sutton* Right Arm was obferved to bleed, By a Touch from his Rival, fo Jove had decreed ;J uft enoug h for to (how that his Blood was not Icor, fl ut made up like Figg's of the common red Liquor.IX'Again they both rulh'd with as equal a Fire on, That the Company cry’d, Uoldtenougb of cold lrony To the Quarter Stuff\ now Lads; fo firft having drain'd ir;They rock to their Wood, and I'faith never(ham'd ir,The firft Bout they had was fo fair and foban Tome,That to make a fair Bargain, it was worth aKing's Ranfome ;And Suttcn fuch Bangs tohisNeighbour imparted, Wou’d have made any Fibres butFigg't to havefmirted.X.Then after that Bout they went on to another, But the Matter m uft end on fame fa (hi on or other; So Jove told the Gbds he had made a Decree, That Figg ftiou’d hit Sutton aStrokeon the Knee. Tho' Sutton difabled, as foon as it hit him, Wou’d ftiil have fought on, but Jove woo’d not permit him;*Twas his Fate, net his Fault, rbar conftrain’d him to yield,And thus the Great Figg became Lord of the Field.Our Merchants have Advice, that the Friend-jhipy bound from Bilboa to Briftoi, laden withIron, Wool, and Indigo, founder’d lately, and was left 60 Leagues oft* the Lizard; but the Men were ftved and* brought to Plymouth.Alfo that a Ship from Virgina was left off Cape Clear; but hef Men be.ng ail drowned, it was not known to what Port (he w«s bound.Ycfterday Se’nnighr one Sells, formerly a fummoning Bailiff, and one Matrocks, who kept an Ale Houfe in the City; were committed to Newgate for feveralRobberies on the Highway.Laft Saturday one Klizaberh Carrcr was, pur-fuant to her Sentence at the Old Bailey, whip’d at the Cart's Tail from Ludgate to Temple Bar, for keeping a Lewd and DjjjfrateHy Houfe in White Lyon Court, in Fleetffjferap?We hear that the Reverend Mr. Meadow-court, Fellow of Merton College in Oxford, preaches on the Fifth of November at the Royal Chappel in Whitehall.Yet fo great was their Courage,fo equal their Skill, That the both leem’d as fafe as a Thief in a Mill.While in doubtful Attention Dame Viory flood, And which Side to take could not tell for herBlood But remain'd like the Afs 'twixt the two Bottles of Hay,Without ever moving an Inch cither way.VU.Till fiove^ to the Gods, fignify’d.his Intention In a Speech that he made them too tedious to mention;But theUpflioc on’t was, that at that very Bour, From a Wound in Figg*s Side the hoc Jood fpouted our.Her Ladifliip then fecm'd to think the Cafe plain; Bur Figgcpping forth with afullen Difdain, Skew’d the Gafh and appeal’d to the Company round,If his own broken Sword had not given him the ^ouad.THE Advertifement Gratis, of.'Affairs for Improving Money, Trade or Ejlates.There are now feveral Sums of Money, large and fraail, ready to be lent on Mortgages j and other Sums are wanted, for which Eftates in Land and Houfes will be mortgaged, fome for lawful Incereit and fome for iefs-This is to let that Perfon know (in the Mannerdefired) who fent a Letter dated the 21ft of Oober1725, hgn'd A. B. that on what is therein offer'd the Sum of Money wanted may be had at the Time defired, or he may have a Purchafer upon reafonable Terms . _ iThe Perfon that fome Timefince offer'd to Sell a New Ufeful Invention, may now be inform'd, and fo may others, that have any Thing ot that Kind to difpofe of, where to meet with a Perfon that will Buy,ata reafonable Price, any Thing of that Nature.Land,'Houfes, c. Perfons want to BUY.A Perfon wants to Buy a Houfe fit for a Gentleman with a fmall Family, »n the open Part of Eaft Kent, with or without an Eftare in Land not exceeding tool, per Annum, but of any lefs Value- ~ Another lome Farms in Hamplhire. ”Another a large Pilate with a good Seat and a Park, in a good Sdtuation, within about so or 60 Miles of London.*-—* Another an Eftate between 10,000 and 2c,cool. Value. Another an Eflate in Farms in Efiex.Land, Houfes, c. Perfons want to SELL.An Eftate of about f6o1. a Year near Briftoi granted out for Lives, with a fmall Annual Rent referv’d. Alfo a Ground-Rent in Weftminfter of about16c 1. per Annum, — Alfo to Sell the Utenfils andStock of a Diftilier's Shop, with a Leafe of the Houfe.The Particulars are given by A1 r, Thomas R ogersy * at the Rainbow Coffee- boufe^t the Temple y London; Agent for Buyers ScSeUerx ofMe cbandize^b.ftates c. And offuch 8ufinefijy He propofies a General CofrefportdencCy anf wers Letters fent (Pofi patd') Adver lifts if defired {not otberv)ifie)and privately j hJ/ur/it tat aH nfUtt t.nvnf hnvapt if not TuetfiFtfti T
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London Journal
London, Middlesex, GB
Tue, Oct 30, 1725
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