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CHAP. IV.--Of the Methods by which John endeavoured to preserve the Peace amongst his Neighbours. How he kept a pair of Stillyards to weigh them, and by Diet, Purging, Vomiting, and Bleeding, tried to bring them to equal Bulk and Strength.
CHAP. V.--Of False Accounts of the Weights given in by some of the Journeymen, and of the Newmarket Tricks that were practised at the Stillyards.
CHAP. VI.--How John's New Journeymen brought him other guess Accounts of the Stillyards.
CHAP. VII.--How Sir Swain Northy* was, by Bleeding, Purging, and a Steel Diet, brought into a Consumption, and how John was forced afterwards to give him the Gold Cordial.
* King of Sweden.
CHAP. VIII.--How Peter Bear* was overfed, and afterwards refused to submit to the course of Physic.
* Czar of Muscovy.
CHAP. IX.--How John pampered Esquire South with t.i.t-bits, till he grew wanton; how he got drunk with Calabrian Wine, and longed for Sicilian Beef, and how John carried him thither in his barge.
CHAP. X.--How the Esquire, from a foul-feeder, grew dainty: how he longed for Mangoes, Spices, and Indian Birds' Nests, etc., and could not sleep but in a Chintz Bed.
CHAP. XI.--The Esquire turned Tradesman; how he set up a China Shop*
over against Nic. Frog.
* The Ostend Company.
CHAP. XII.--How he procured Spanish Flies to blister his Neighbours, and as a Provocative to himself. As likewise how he carried off Nic. Frog's favourite Daughter.
CHAP. XIII.--How Nic. Frog, hearing the Girl squeak, went to call John Bull as a Constable.
CHAP. XIV.--How John rose out of his Bed on a cold Morning to prevent a Duel between Esq. South and Lord Strutt; how, to his great surprise, he found the Combatants drinking Geneva in a Brandy Shop, with Nic.'s favourite Daughter between them; how they both fell upon John, so that he was forced to fight his way out.
CHAP. XV.--How John came with his Constable's Staff to rescue Nic.'s Daughter, and break the Esquire's China Ware.
CHAP. XVI.--Commentary upon the Spanish Proverb, "Time and I against any Two;" or Advice to Dogmatical Politicians exemplified in some New Affairs between John Bull and Lewis Baboon.
CHAP. XVII.--A Discourse of the delightful Game of Quadrille. How Lewis Baboon attempted to play a Game Solo in Clubs, and was bested; how John called Lewis for his King, and was afraid that his own Partner should have too many tricks; and how the Success and Skill of Quadrille depends upon calling a right King.
