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8 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 worfe 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