'  This  Woman  hath  a  Tongue,  and  no  Impediment  at  all  in  her
Speech,  and  this  Certificate  seems  to  be  as  much  a  Counterfeit  as
herself.  She  is  now  at  the  Workhouse  in  Bishopsgate  Street,  to  be
seen  by  any  that  please.'

Another  somewhat  similar  notice  was  issued  by  the  same  autho-
rities, about  one  Mary  Welch,  and  two  children,  who  were  sent  to
the  workhouse  '  for  Begging  on  Horseback,  Rapt  up  in  Sheets  and
Blankets,  pretending  to  be  burnt  in  their  Limbs  by  a  Fire  which
consumed  their  House  in  Lincolnshire ;  the  said  Mary  Welch
usually  begs  in  a  Country  Habit  with  a  High  Crown'd  Hat,  arid  this
Trade  she  hath  follow'd  several  Years.  All  which  Fact  is  noto-
riously untrue,  the  said  Mary  and  her  two  Children  being  sound  of
their  Limbs,  and  no  ways  scorch'd  by  any  Fire.'

And  there  are  other  advertisements  of  like  import,  of  which  the
following  is  most  worthy  of  hotice,  as  the  impostor  got  his  de-
serts : —

' .  .  .  There  is  now  in  their  Workhouse  in  Bishopsgate  Street,
one  Rob.  Cunningham,  a  Man  of  about  40  years  of  Age,  who  went
begging  up  and  down  this  City,  and  other  Places,  with  this  Paper
following : —

To  the  Pious  Reader.
Remember  that  God  gave  out  the  Law,

To  keep  the  People  of  the  World  in  awe.
Hope  without  Faith  availeth  not  indeed,

Faith  without  Works,  you  may  be  sure  is  dead  ;

Without  Charity  there  is  no  Salvation,

Poverty  Causes  a  sorrowful  Vexation.
Excuse  the  Writer,  if  bold  he  seems  to  be.
He  is  DKAF  and  DUMB,  and  desires  Charity.
He  came  last  from  Londonderry,

Where  he  lost  his  Speech  and  Hearing.
The  occasion  may  be  told.
It  was  Sickness,  Famine  and  Cold.
