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My fast friend Doldrum having at sundry times, and in sundry\r\nplaces, uttered the prophecy, that upon my decease his sorrow would be\r\ngreat; I do hereby give and bequeath to the aforesaid Doldrum, ten\r\nyards of my best soft tappa, to be divided into handkerchiefs for his\r\nsole benefit and behoof.\r\n\r\n“’Item. My sensible friend Solo having informed me, that he intended to\r\nremain a bachelor for life; I give and devise to the aforesaid Solo,\r\nthe mat for one person, whereon I nightly repose.\r\n\r\n“’Item. Concerning my private Arbor and Palm-groves, adjoining, lying,\r\nand being in the isle of Vamba, I give and devise the same, with all\r\nappurtenances whatsoever, to my friend Minta the Cynic, to have and to\r\nhold, in trust for the first through-and-through honest man, issue of\r\nmy neighbor Mondi; and in default of such issue, for the first\r\nthrough-and-through honest man, issue of my neighbor Pendidda; and in\r\ndefault of such issue, for the first through-and-through honest man,\r\nissue of my neighbor Wynodo: and in default of such issue, to any\r\nthrough-and-through honest man, issue of any body, to be found through\r\nthe length and breadth of Mardi.\r\n\r\n“’Item. My friend Minta the Cynic to be sole judge of all claims to the\r\nabove-mentioned devise; and to hold the said premises for his own use,\r\nuntil the aforesaid person be found.\r\n\r\n“’Item. Knowing my devoted scribe Marko to be very sensitive touching\r\nthe receipt of a favor; I willingly spare him that pain; and hereby\r\nbequeath unto the aforesaid scribe, three milk-teeth, not as a\r\npecuniary legacy, but as a very slight token of my profound regard.\r\n\r\n“’Item. I give to the poor of Vamba the total contents of my\r\nred-labeled bags of bicuspids and canines (which I account\r\nthree-fourths of my whole estate); to my body servant Fidi, my staff,\r\nall my robes and togas, and three hundred molars in cash; to that\r\ndiscerning and sagacious philosopher my disciple Krako, one complete\r\nset of denticles, to buy him a vertebral bone ring; and to that pious\r\nand promising youth Vangi, two fathoms of my best kaiar rope, with the\r\nprivilege of any bough in my groves.\r\n\r\n“’All the rest of my goods, chattels and household stuff whatsoever;\r\nand all my loose denticles, remaining after my debts and legacies are\r\npaid, and my body is out of sight, I hereby direct to be distributed\r\namong the poor of Vamba.\r\n\r\n“’Ultimo. I give and bequeath to all Mardi this my last advice and\r\ncounsel:—videlicet: live as long as you can; close your own eyes when\r\nyou die.\r\n\r\n“’I have no previous wills to revoke; and publish this to be my first\r\nand last.\r\n\r\n“’In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my right hand; and hereunto\r\nhave caused a true copy of the tattooing on my right temple to be\r\naffixed, during the year first above written.\r\n\r\n“’By me, BARDIANNA.’”\r\n\r\n“Babbalanja, that’s an extraordinary document,” said Media.\r\n\r\n“Bardianna was an extraordinary man, my lord.”\r\n\r\n“Were there no codicils?”\r\n\r\n“The will is all codicils; all after-thoughts; Ten thoughts for one\r\nact, was Bardianna’s motto.”\r\n\r\n“Left he nothing whatever to his kindred?”\r\n\r\n“Not a stump.”\r\n\r\n“Prom his will, he seems to have lived single.”\r\n\r\n“Yes: Bardianna never sought to improve upon nature; a bachelor he was\r\nborn, and a bachelor he died.”\r\n\r\n“According to the best accounts, how did he depart, Babbalanja?” asked\r\nMohi.\r\n\r\n“With a firm lip, and his hand on his heart, old man.”\r\n\r\n“His last words?”\r\n\r\n“Calmer, and better!”\r\n\r\n“Where think you, he is now?”\r\n\r\n“In his Ponderings. And those, my lord, we all inherit; for like the\r\ngreat chief of Romara, who made a whole empire his legatee; so, great\r\nauthors have all Mardi for an heir.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"Chunk 2"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJVZZ28KPZ6QDRES7J0E6","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1954N2G0NAERBNJXEX9","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AKRX5TC7YSV99K3S7C4CH","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"prev"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:15.279Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:27.868Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}