Breeches, with good Nature, to some one who would be more thankful for them. Here _John_ mentioned _Mark Slender_, (who, it seems, the Day before, had ask’d _John_ for ’em) not knowing they were under Promise to _Trim_.—“Come, _Trim_, says he, let poor _Mark_ have ’em,—You know he has not a Pair to his. A——: Besides, you see he is just of my Size, and they will fit him to a T; whereas, if I give ’em to you,—look ye, they are not worth much; and, besides, you could not get your Backside into them, if you had them, without tearing them all to Pieces.” Every Tittle of this was most undoubtedly true; for _Trim_, you must know, by foul Feeding, and playing the good Fellow at the Parson’s, was grown somewhat gross about the lower Parts, _if not higher:_ So that, as all _John_ said upon the Occasion was fact, _Trim_, with much ado, and after a hundred Hum’s and Hah’s, at last, out of mere Compassion to Mark, _signs, seals, and delivers up_ all Right, Interest, and Pretentions whatsoever, in and to the said breeches; thereby binding his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assignes, never more to call the said Claim in Question. All this Renunciation was set forth in an ample Manner, to be in pure Pity to _Mark_’s Nakedness;—but the Secret was, _Trim_ had an Eye to, and firmly expected in his own Mind, the great Green Pulpit-Cloth and old Velvet Cushion, which were that very Year to be taken down;—which, by the Bye, could he have wheedled _John_ a second Time out of ’em, as he hoped, he had made up the Loss of his Breeches Seven-fold. Now, you must know, this Pulpit-Cloth and Cushion were not in _John_’s Gift, but in the Church-Wardens, _&c._—However, as I said above, that _John_ was a leading Man in the Parish, _Trim_ knew he could help him to them if he would:—But _John_ had got a Surfeit of him;—so, when the Pulpit-Cloth, &c. were taken down, they were immediately given (_John_ having a great Say in it) to _William Doe_, who understood very well what Use to make of them. As for the old Breeches, poor _Mark Slender_ lived to wear them but a short Time, and they got into the Possession of _Lorry Slim_, an unlucky Wight, by whom they are still worn;—in Truth, as you will guess, they are very thin by this Time:—But _Lorry_ has a light Heart; and what recommends them to him, is this, that, as, thin as they are, he knows that Trim, let him say what he will to the contrary, still envies the _Possessor_ of them,—and, with all his Pride, would be very glad to wear them after _him_.