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My poor Predecessor was Unfortunate in Quarrels, for not long after, forgetting the past Disaster, he would still be exercising his Wit, at which a hafty Stander-by was so displeas'd, that he show'd him his Fist in such an indecent manner, as made the Fore-Teeth he had left drop out with the Fright, and so his Gums were left quite destitute of Company. The Unhappy Artist, perceiving that after the loss of his Teeth he mumbled his Words so Wretchedly, that no Man understood him any more than if he had spoke Arabick, retir'd for meer Shame to a Country House near Guadalupe, where he took to drying of Figs, and the Sun finding him round and with