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and fatire, and is not unfrequently reprefented on the piftorial
monuments of our forefathers. Our cut No. 89 is taken from one of the
mifereres in the church of We11ingborougl1,in Northamptonihire ; the
ale-wife is pouring her liquor from her jug K__x
into a cup to ferve a ruftic, who appears , 69?:
to be waiting for it with impatience. x
The figure of the ale-drawer, N 0. 90, is in At -AM -I
taken from one of the mifereres in the
parifh church of Ludlow, in Shropfhire. V TIT
The fize of his jug is fomewhat difpropor- 3 3 .-X '7 L4
tionate to that of the barrel from which M ' V,
he obtains the ale. The fame mifereres W K" it
of Ludlow Church furnifh the next fcene, Ti
cut N0. 91, which reprefents the end of is )
the wicked ale-wife. The day of judgment
9o_ Tlze Ale-Drawer.
15 fuppcfed to have arrived, and {he has
received her fentence. A demon, feated on one fide, is reading a lift of
the