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A. Because it wants mending,

Q. Why is a church bell like a story that is handed about?

A. Because it is often toll'd.

Q. What is a man like that is in                      the midst of a river and cannot swim?

A. He is like to be drowned.

Q. Why is a drawn tooth like a thing that is forgot?

A. Because it is out of one's head.

Q. How is a book like a tree?

A. Because it is full of leaves.

Q. How is a good sermon like a                      plump pudding?

A. Because there is reasons in it.

Q. How is a whorish woman like a charitable person?

A. Because she brings her husband to a piece of bread.

Q. How is a lawyer like a conten- tious woman?

A. Because he breeds wrangling and jangling.

Q. Who is the greatest fool in the world?

A. A whore; for she hazards soul and body for a miserable livelihood.