He will dance at Beilby's ball, where the sheriff pays the music; he will be hanged. Who Mr. Beilby was, or why that ceremony was so called, remains with the quadrature of the circle, the discovery of the philosopher's stone, and divers other desiderata yet undiscovered.
BEILBY'S BALL
Meaning of BEILBY'S BALL in English
Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012