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their compliments to the judge and the counsel; but were interrupted by a gentleman, who went up to the judge, and offered him a fee. What is this? fays the judge. A fee, fir, faid the gentleman. A fee to a judge is a bribe, faid the judge. True, fir, faid the gentleman; but you have refigned your commiffion, and will not be the firft judge who has come from the bench to the bar without any diminution of honour. Now Lazarus's cafe is to come on next, and this fee is to retain you on his fide. There followed a confufed noife of all speaking together, to perfuade the judge to take the fee: but as the trial had lafted longer than I expected, and I had lapsed the time of an appointment for business, I was forced to flip away and whether the judge was prevailed on to undertake the cause of Lazarus, or no, I cannot fay.

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