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100 of Job) and Touch All that he hath, and be will Cure thee to thy Face. This Good Man Lot All, and, for an Example of Patience and Reignation to Future Ages, The Lord gave (ays he) and the Lord hath Taken away, Bleed be the Name of the Lord. Here was No Dahing of the Two Tables one againt the Other, for an Office, or an Egg at Eater, as the Fellow ferw'd his Idol here. The Whole Summe of the Moral is in hort, Comprized in the Old Saying: He that erves God for Mony, will erve the Devil for Better Wages.

Gentleman Invited a Friend to Supper with him, and the Gentleman's Dog was o well Bred as to Invite the Friends Dog to come for Company. The Dog came at his Hour, and into the Kitchin he went, to ee what Good Cheer was toward: But as he was there, Wagging his Tayle, and Licking his Lips, at the thought of what a Meale he was like to make on't, the Roguy Cook got Slyly behind him, and Spoil d the Jet. He took him up by the Tayle at Unawares, and after a Turn or Two in the Air, flung him out of the Window. So oon as ever the Poor Devil had Recover'd the Squelch, away he Scampers, Bawling like Mad, with I know not how many Prick-Ear'd Currs at the Heels of him, to know how he lik'd his Wellcome. Why truly, ays he, they have given me as much Drink, as my Skin will hold; and it has made me o Light-Headed, I could not find the Right Way out of the Houe again.