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( 2 ) THE HISTORY OF

JACK HORNER.

CHAP. 1.

OF HIS BIRTH AND EDUCATION

JACK HORNER was a pretty !ad,

near London he did dwell.

His father’s heart he made full glad,

his mother lov’d him well:

She often ſet him on her lap,

to turn him dry beneath,

And fed him with good ſugar pap,

becauſe he had no' teeth.

While little Jack was ſweet and young,

if he by chance did cry.

His mother pretty ſonnets ſung,

with a lulla-baby by.

Wi'h ſuch a curious dainty tone,

as Jack ſat on her knee.

So that ſhe could not go alone,

he’d ſing as well as ſhe.

A pretty boy, a curious wit,

ail people ſpoke his praiſe.

And In the corner he would ſit

in Chriſtmas holidays.

When his friend: did together meet,

to paſs away the time,