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138 Diurnals writ for regulation Of lying, to inform the nation, And by their public use to bring down The rate of whetstones in the kingdom. About her neck a packet-mail. Fraught with advice, some fresh, some stale, Of men that walk'd when they were dead, And cows of monsters brought to bed: Of hail-stones big as pullets' eggs, And puppies whelp'd with twice two legs: A blazing star seen in the west, By six or seven men at least. Two trumpets she does sound at once, But both of clean contrary tones; But whether both with the same wind, Or one before, and one behind, We know not, only this can tell, The one sounds vilely, th' other well; And therefore vulgar authors name Th' one Good, th' other Evil Fame.