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14 Q. Who is the greatest fool in the world ? A. A whore ; for she hazards soul and body for a miserable livelihood. Q. Who are the two greatest thieves in Great Britain ? A. Tea and Tobacco, for they pick the poc- kets of the whole nation. Q. What is the difference between Ale-drap- ers and Linen-drapers ? A. Only this, the one cheats with froth and the other with cloth. Q. If Extortioners cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven, where will Usurers, Tallymen, and Pawn-brokers go. A. The same road with Extortioners. Q. What is the consequence of immoderate gaming? A. By cards and dice, a man is ruin'd in a trice ? for gaming and whoring often hang to gether. Q. What employments are likest to one an- ther? A. Soldiers and Butchers are bloody near re- lations, for they both live by slaughtering and killing. Q. What are the two hardest things to be found, and yet they are both good in their kind ? A. Good women, and good small beer.