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XXXVII.

Nancy with the white petticoat, and the red noſe, The longer ſhe ſtands, the ſhorter ſhe grows. A lighted Candle.

XXXVIII.

Belly to belly, and hands at the back, I pull'd out a raw morſel, and ſtopped a gap. A Woman giving a Child the Breaſt.

XXXIX.

As round as a cheeſe, and as black as a coal, A long neck, and a pumping hole. A Bottle.

XL.

As I went to a feaſt, I met with a beaſt, With ten heads, and ten tails, Forty feet; and fourſcore nails. A Sow with 9 Pigs.

XLI.

I went to the wood, and I got it; I ſat me down and ſought it; And kept it ſtill againſt my will, And ſo by force I brought it. A man that got a thorn in his foot, and ſat down to pick it out.

XLII.

My Lord & my Lady they went thro' the hall, My Lord took up what my Lady let fall;