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XXIV.

Noſe long, and belly wide, amidſt the throng: I move in ſtate to overcome the heat; Then, like a ſpouting whale, I throw My food, where it does fiercely grow. A Water Engine

XXV.

In a green coat a thing is clad, Wing'd. for a flight not ſeldom made; Small, yet capers well, and ſings: Pray tell me what may be this thing. A Grashopper.

XXVI.

I put ten guineas in my purſe, the twentieth of December; I took it out the twenty-firſt, as I do well remember: I told them o'er and o'er, and found juſt ten in weight and meaſure; Yet, tho' their dumber anſwer'd right, there wanted of my treaſure. When the Guinea fell from 22 10 21 Shillings.

XXVII.

Tho' ſenſe and motion in myſelf there's none, in ſwifteſt hurry, and in warlike deeds, The greateſt feats thro' me are often done; and if I'm loſt, the braveſt ſeldom ſpeeds. A Horse Shoe.

XXVIII.

What force and ſtrength can ſcarce get thro' That with a touch I ſoon can do: