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XIV.

Without e'er a ſaddle, I ride on a thing That hath ne'er a leg, yet I am ſtraddling: Two friends decay'd I do befriend, Reſolve their doubts, and have an end. A Pair of Spectacles.

XV. There was a thing a man beſpoke, Which when the workman home had brought, He that made it, did refuſe it; He that beſpoke it, did not uſe it; He that had it, did not know Whether he uſed it or no.         A Coffin.

XVI.

To carry meat l am employd, on my long back, to many; And what I deſire, few will avoid, yet I never taſte of any. A Spit.

XVI.

Two eyes I have, which ſhine moſt bright, yet have I neither legs nor feet; But yet I hav a mouth to bite, yet, tho' I have, I never eat. A Sheers.

XVIII.

In a ſhort ſpace the world all round I view: I'm reſtleſs, always changing. Nothing I, that can be found, nor from any ſtation changing. The Sun.