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riage, the heat of their maidenhead keeps then warm: old matrons, whirld o'er maidens, widows, and widows bewitch'd, hold up their coldeſt parts to the fire.

Q. And what, remedy does the poor dog take for his cold noſe?

A. He ſtaps it below his tail, the hotteſt bit in his body.

Q. What is the reaſon the dogs are worfe on chapmen than on other ſtrange people?

A. It is ſaid, the dogs have three accuſations againſt the chapmen, handed down from father to fun, or from one generation of dogs to another: The firſt is as old as Ætop, the great wit of Babylon; the dog having a law-ſuit againſt the cat, gained the plea, and coming trudging home with the decreet below his tail, a wicked chapman throwing his elwan at him, he let it fall, and ſo loſt his great privileges thereby: The ſecond is, becauſe in old times the chapmen uſed to buy dogs and kill them for their ſkins. The third, when a chapman was quartered in a farmer's houſe, that night the dog luſt his right of licking the pot.