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 "When a twister, a-twisting will twist him a twist,
 * For the twisting his twist he three twines doth entwist;

But if one of the twists of the twist doth untwist,
 * The twine that untwisteth untwisteth the twist.

"Untwirling the twine that entwisteth between
 * He twirls with his twister the two in a twine;

Then twice having twisted the twines of the twine
 * He twisteth the twine he had twined in twain.

"The twine that in twining before in the twine,
 * As twins were untwisted, he now doth untwine;

Twixt the twain intertwisting a twine more between,
 * He, twirling his twister, makes twist of the twine.