Then said the man to the Prince standing over him, he said: Oh let not my Lord be angry; and why inquirest Thou after the name of such a dead dog as I am?
Pass by, I pray Thee, and take not notice of who I am, because there is, as Thou very well knowest, so great a disproportion between Thee and me.

For my part, I am out of charity with myself; who, then, should be in love with me?
Yet live I would, and so would I that my townsmen should; and because both they and myself are guilty of great transgressions, therefore they have sent me, and I have come in their names to beg of my Lord for mercy.

Let it please Thee, therefore, to incline to mercy; but ask not who Thy servant is.

All this, and how Mr.Desires-awake and Mr.Wet-eyes sped in their petition, is to be read at length in the Holy History.

And now let us take down the key that hangs in our author's window and go to work with it on the sweet mystery of Mr.Desires-awake.
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