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pigs with rings in their noses. Soon after, Adam appeared. He was a
clumsy fellow, in a strangely-shaped wig; and being closely clad with a
sort of coarse stocking, looked quite as grotesque as in the worst of the
old woodcuts, and something like Orson, but not so decent. He stalked
about, wondering at every thing, and was followed from among the beasts
by a large ugly mastiff, with a brass collar on. When he reclined to
sleep, preparatory to the introduction of Eve, the mastiff lay down by
him. This occasioned some strife between the old man in brocade, Adam,
and the dog, who refused to quit his post; nor would he move when the
angels tried to whistle him off. The performance proceeded to the
supposed extraction of the rib from the dog's master; which being brought
forward and shewn to the audience, was carried back to be succeeded by
Eve, who, in order to seem rising from Adam's side, was dragged up from
behind his back, through an ill-concealed and equally ill-contrived
trap-door, by the performer in brocade. As he lifted her over, the dog,
being trod upon, frightened her by a sudden snap, so that she tumbled
upon Adam. This obtained a hearty kick from a clumsy angel to the dog,
who consoled himself by discovering the rib produced before, which, being
a beef bone, he tried his teeth upon."

The second pageant was "Paradise," provided by the Grocers and Raffemen.
In the Grocers' books, now lost, were the items of expenditure about this
pageant, among others, for painting clothes for Adam and Eve, &c. In the
French collections, a legendary incident is introduced in this play: When
Adam attempts to swallow the apple, it will not stir; and, according to
the legend, this was the cause of the lump in the man's throat, which has
been preserved ever since.

The third pageant, "Hell Carte," was brought forth by the Glaziers, &c.
One of a series of illuminated drawings of the eleventh century,
illustrative of the Old and New Testaments, part of the Cottonian Library
in the British Museum, gives an idea of the manner in which this subject
was represented. By no very complex machinery, the huge painted mouth
was made to open and shut, and demons are represented dragging into it a
variety of classes of dishonest people; thereby conveying a moral and
satirical admonition against some of the crying sins of the day, most
practised among, and most offensive to, the lower and middle classes of
society. One of these offen