Their way of living was thus: about owl-light they charitably began to boot and spur one another. This being done, the least thing they did was to sleep and snore; and thus sleeping, they had barnacles on the handles of their faces, or spectacles at most.
You may swear we did not a little wonder at this odd fancy; but they satisfied us presently, telling us that the day of judgment is to take mankind napping;therefore, to show they did not refuse to make their personal appearance as fortune's darlings use to do,they were always thus booted and spurred, ready to mount whenever the trumpet should sound.