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HE Mater of a Houe brought up a Swan and a Gooe both together; The One for his Eare, the Other for his Belly. He gave Orders for the Gooe to be Taken up, and Dres'd for Dinner. But the Place was o Dark, that the Cook took One for T'other. This Mitake had Cot the Swan her Life, if he had not Sung in That very Intant, and Dicover’d her elf; by which Means he both av'd her Life, and Expres'd her Nature.