fter, the parson going over to see the ladies, they asked him
if a poor seaman had been at his house. Yes, replied the parson, it was
one Roger Pike, whose brother had a congregation in Tiverton, and whom I
am very well acquainted with. And did you give him any assistance? Yes,
I gave him a shirt and a half-guinea: and we gave him five shillings,
said the ladies, not as being Roger Pike, but as Mr. Bampfylde Moore
Carew; at which the parson was in a very great hurry, and would scarce be
convinced but that it was old Roger Pike. Thus had Mr. Carew the happy
art of suiting his eloquence to every temper and every circumstance; for
his being the brother of good Mr. Pike, of Tiverton, was as powerful a
loadstone to attract the parson, as his marrying of Betty Larkey had been
to Lady Tynte.

From hence he went to parson White's, at Cocker, where he found Justice
Proctor: here he passed for an unfortunate sailor, who had been cast away
coming from the Baltic, and was now travelling to his native place,
Tintagel, in Cornwall. Parson White asked who was minister there, he
replied, that one Atkins was curate, and that there was no other there at
that time. The justice asked but few questions, and told him he ought to
have a pass, and asked where he landed. He replied, at Dover. Had you a
pass, then, from the mayor there? We had one, said he, very readily; but
some of our company being sick, and myself in good health, I left them
the pass, and came forward by myself, they not being able to travel so
fast. Why then, says the justice, you are liable to be taken up as a
vagrant, for begging without a pass: however, we will relieve you; and if
you call upon gentlemen only, they will scarcely molest you. He returned
them a great many thanks for this civility, and then went to a tanner's
hard by, where he changed his story, and passed for a bankrupt tanner.
Here he was likewise relieved, as he touched upon the right string; for
had he passed here for an unfortunate sailor, probably his eloquence
would have had no effect.

From hence he went to the parson of East Chinock, and told him that he
belonged to a man-of-war, in which his brother was lieutenant. Being
then about dinner time, the parson asked if he could eat sea provisions,
such as pork and peas, which he readily accepting of, they sat down
together, and had a great deal of discourse about the lieutenant. Next
he went to Madam Philips, of Montacute, where happened to