[97] A seventh son of a seventh son is supposed to be endowed with extraordinary faculties of healing, and many of these quacks pretended to such a descent. [98] ‘The London Spy,’ ed. 1703, p. 64. [99] A covering, or gaiter, to protect the legs from dirt or wet. [100] ‘The Liturgy and other Divine Offices of the Church.’ London, Bosworth, 1880, p. 638. [101] ‘The Liturgy and other Divine Offices of the Church,’ p. 584. [102] _General Advertiser_, March 26, 1782. [103] _General Advertiser_, May 1, 1783. [104] _General Advertiser_, February 13, 1784. [105] _Gentleman’s Magazine_, 1736, pp. 617-618. [106] By Dr. Zachary Pearce, Bishop of Rochester. [107] A pickle herring was a Merry-Andrew or clown, and this means that the quack was too poor to afford either horse or attendant. [108] A false witness--one who would swear to anything for a trifle. [109] I have before me now twelve lives of him, and that is by no means an exhaustive list. [110] ‘Memoire pour le Comte de Cagliostro, accusé: contre Monsieur le Procureur-General, accusateur; en presence de Monsieur le Cardinal de Rohan, de la Comtesse de la Motte, et autres co-accusés.’ Paris, 1786, 4to. [111] Of this work there was a French translation published in 1791 at Paris and Strasbourg, under the title of ‘Vie de Joseph Balsamo, connu sous le nom de Comte Cagliostro,’ &c. 2nd edition. [112] Editor of the _Morning Chronicle_, 1772-89. [113] Locusta, or, more correctly, Lucusta, was a celebrated poisoner. She was employed by Aggripina to poison the Emperor Claudius, and by Nero to kill Britannicus. For this she was most handsomely rewarded by Nero; but was executed for her crimes by Galba. [114] _i.e._, to serve on the convict hulks there, to dredge the Thames. The treatment on board was based on good principles; those convicts who were well-behaved had remission of sentence, those who were recalcitrant had unmerciful punishment. [Transcriber’s Note: Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Eighteenth Century Waifs, by John Ashton