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- together with Mayhew’s transcription of it, below. It’s striking how much it some of it sounds like the ‘nadsat’ used in A Clockwork Orange’:

“Once try you’ll come again.

Slap-up Tog and out-and-out Kicksies Builder.

Mr. — nabs the chance of putting his cus-
tomers awake, that he has just made his escape
from Russia, not forgetting to clap his mawleys
upon some of the right sort of Ducks, to make
single and double backed Slops for gentlemen
in black, when on his return home he was
stunned to find one of the top manufacturers of
Manchester had cut his lucky and stepped off
to the Swan Stream, leaving behind him a
valuable stock of Moleskins, Cords, Velve-
teens, Plushes, Swandowns, &c., and I having
some ready in my kick, grabbed the chance,
and stepped home with my swag, and am now
safe landed at my crib. I can turn out toggery
of every description very slap up, at the fol-
lowing low prices for

Ready Gilt — Tick being no go.

Upper Benjamins, built on a downey plan, a
monarch to half a finnuff. Slap up Velveteen
Togs, lined with the same, 1 pound 1 quarter
and a peg. Moleskin ditto, any colour, lined
with the same, 1 couter. A pair of Kerseymere
Kicksies, any colour, built very slap up, with
the artful dodge, a canary. Pair of stout Cord
ditto, built in the `Melton Mowbray’ style, half
a sov. Pair of very good broad Cord ditto, made
very saucy, 9 bob and a kick. Pair of long
sleeve Moleskin, all colours, built hanky-spanky,
with a double fakement down the side and artful
buttons at bottom, half a monarch. Pair of stout
ditto, built very serious, 9 times. Pair of out-
and-out fancy sleeve Kicksies, cut to drop down
on the trotters, 2 bulls. Waist Togs, cut long,
with moleskin back and sleeves, 10 peg. Blue
Cloth ditto, cut slap, with pearl buttons, 14 peg.
Mud Pipes, Knee Caps, and Trotter Cases, built
very low.

“A decent allowance made to Seedy Swells,
Tea Kettle Purgers, Head Robbers, and Flun-
keys out of Collar.

“N.B. Gentlemen finding their own Broady
can be accommodated.”

And I might just have to check out Mayhew. I’ve had an historical hankering for a while.