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11 clapt in its place: He that at next him, burting out into laughter at the ight thereof, was erved little better, for his hat was inviibly conveyed away, and the pan of a cloe tool, which tood in the next room, put on intead thereof. Beides, this a modet young gentlewoman, that at at the table at the ame time, looking at thee two worthy pectacles of mirth, endeavoured all he could to refrain laughing, but he could not; and withal, continued breaking of wind backward for above a quarter of an hour together, like o many broadides in a ea fight; which made all the company laugh o extremely, that the mater of the houe, being the chief inn in the town, was alarmed below therewith and deiring to hare with his guets in their mirth, came running up tairs as fat as his legs could carry him: but being about to enter the door, he could not; and no wonder, ince the oldet man living never aw a larger pair of horns than he had on his head; but whilt they were a gazing on one another, as more than half ditracted, they were in at firt; after which followned a oie, as