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 8 riage, the head of their maidenhead keeps them warm ; old marrons whirl'd o’er maidens. widows and widow's hewitch’d, hold up thir coldeft parts to the fire Q And what remedy does the poor dog take for his cold nofe ? A He ftops it below his tail, the hot- eft bit in his body. Q What is the reafon the dog are worfe than cn other ftrangi people? A It is faid the dogs have three ac- aganift them chapmen handed down from father to fon or from one generation of dogs to another; The forft Efop the great wit of Baby- lon;the dog having a law-fuit againft the cat gained the plea,and coming truding home with the decreet below his tail a wickes chapman throwing his alwan at him, he let it fail and fo loft his great privilages thareby: The fecond is,becaufe in old times the chapman ufed to buy dogs and kill them for their fkins, The third when a chapman was quar- teted in a farmer' houfe, that night the dog left his right of licking the pot.