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Thief came to a Boy, that was Blubbering by the Side of a VVell, and Ask’d him what he cry’d for. VVhy, ays he, the String’s Broke here, and I’ve dropt a Silver Cup into the VVell. The Fellow preently Strips, and down he goes to earch for't. After a while, he comes up again, with his Labour for his Pains, and the Roguy Boy, in the Mean time, was run away with his Cloaths.