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XXXIII.

I ſaw three ſturdy rows oppoſe a round thick dwarf, yet he                         Did with them in ſuch fury cloſe, that none of them went free; For tho' he was ſhort, and they were tall, He fairly overthrew them all. Nine Pins and a Bowl.

XXXIV.

I am like death, yet am hot and cold; I have no breath, yet live in a ſtrong hold: I'm clean within, and very, foul Without: Hurtful I'm to none: then where's the doubt? An Oyſter.

XXXV.

As I went by the way, I found a thing in a ruck of hay: It was neither fiſh, fleſh, nor bone, Yet I kept it till it went alone. An Egg.

XXXVI.

There is a little thing, that's found in divers lands, Altho' it. teacheth multitudes, yet nothing underſtands:

'Tis found in every kingdom, yet not in earth or ſea; 'Tis in all ſorts of timber, but not in any tree; And in all ſorts of metal, but yet, as I am told,