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4 I'm serviceable to the queen, And in her chamber still am seen,

a Looking Glass

In state I wear what fortune gives, a trifle makes me great, Tho' I'm admir'd by all that lives, yet endless care attends my fate.

a Crown

Eight legs I have eyes twenty one, and six broad backs have I, By many a score I'm curst and thrown, yet still I neither weep nor die,

a Dice,

My forehead rises long and small, flat is my face square cheek and chin; I spend my time to please all, yet nothing have within,

a Sun-Dial.

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

a Pair of Spectacles

There was a thing & man bespoke, Which when the workmax 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

To carry meat I am employed, on my long back for many,