“They were old men, either bloated or feeble; without Embonpoint and strength, and almost all deform’d. The head of one was too little, the arms of another too short. One was humpback’d, another bandy-legg’d. Most of them had no feet, and walk’d on crutches. A breath threw them down, and they remain’d on the ground, till some newcomer was pleased to lift them up. All these defects notwithstanding, they pleased at first sight. They had in their physiognomy somewhat engaging and confident. They were almost naked: for all their clothing consisted of a small rag of stuff, which did not cover the hundredth part of their body.