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  L'ENVOY,

  BY JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM.

  Thus concludeth the Tale of "The Heart of Mid-Lothian," which hath filledmore pages than I opined. The Heart of Mid-Lothian is now no more, orrather it is transferred to the extreme side of the city, even as theSieur Jean Baptiste Poquelin hath it, in his pleasant comedy called _LeMe'decin Malgre' Lui,_ where the simulated doctor wittily replieth to acharge, that he had placed the heart on the right side, instead of theleft, "_Cela e'tait autrefois ainsi, mais nous avons change' tout cela._"Of which witty speech if any reader shall demand the purport, I have onlyto respond, that I teach the French as well as the Classical tongues, atthe easy rate of five shillings per quarter, as my advertisements areperiodically making known to the public.

  NOTES TO THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.