THE CONTENTS.
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Chap. I. How John quarrelled with Lewis Baboon about dividing the West-common; and how instead of going to law, they came to blows, 16
Chap. II. What sort of fellows John and Lewis were in use to employ to keep their orchards, and their poultry, 23
Chap. III. How John got a terrible fright in his own house of Bull-hall, 36
Chap. IV. How John’s affairs had like to have gone to the Devil, 48
Chap. V. How John consulted with his friends about the method of retrieving his affairs, 59
Chap. VI. How the Nurse dreamt that John Bull had banished all the weavers, 66
Chap. VII. What happened after this conversation with the Nurse, 77
Chap. VIII. Concerning sister Peg, 84
Chap IX. How Lewis Baboon was belaboured and drubbed; and how Jowler behaved, 91
Chap X. How sister Peg began to look about her; and how she wrote a letter to her brother John, 98
Chap XI. How this letter was received by John, 114
Chap XII. How Mrs. Bull’s attendants were prepared on this subject, 119
Chap XIII. How Bumbo discoursed with John Bull’s Nurse, and found her not so great a fool as he thought her, 129
Chap XIV. Showing how it was the fashion to harangue Mrs. Bull, 141
Chap XV. How Mrs. Bull sat still and heard a great deal more on this subject, 152
Chap XVI. How Bumbo gave his evidence, 164
Chap XVII. How Mrs. Bull settled her stomach, 172