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 riage, the heat of their maiden-heads keeps them warm; old matrons and whirl'd o'er maidens, widows, and widows bewitched, hold up their cold parts to the fire.

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

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

Q. What is the reason that dogs are worse on chapmen, than on any other strange people?

A. It is said the dogs have three accusations against the chapmen, handed down from father to son, or from one generation of dogs to another: the first is as old as Æsop, 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 elwand at him, he let it fall, and so lost his privileges. The second is because in old times the chapmen used to buy dogs and kill them for their skins. The third is, when a chapman was quartered in a