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ſembles the adulterer, when the the one turn old, he pays her away, and takes another; the locaſts obſerve military order, and marsh in bands; the frogs reſemble pipers and pedlars, for the young side the old to death.

Q. Who are the merrieſt and heartieſt people in the world?

A. The Sailors, for they'll be ſinging, curſing, and damning one another, when the waves, their graves, are going over their heads.

Q. Which are the diſorderlieſt creatures in battle?

A. Cows and dogs, for they all fall upon then that are neath moſt.

Q. Who are the vaineſt ſort of in the world?

A. A barber, a taylor, a young ſoldier, and a poor dominie.

Q. What is the great cauſe of the barber's vanity?

A. His being admitted to trim noblemen's chaſts, thyke their ſculls, take kings by the noſe, and held a razor to his very throat, which no ſubject elſe dare preſume to do.