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[ 21 ] Young J hn, tott'ring in his fear, now wiſh'd to pull them in, B t pulling fro to young a ha d they valued not a pin.

A drove of grunting pigs before, fill'd up the narrow way, D h thro' the m d the horſes drove, and made a rueful day;

For ſome were trampl'd under foot, ſome truth'd beneath the wheel; Loud, loud the drivers c rſt and ſ ore, and loud the pigs did quealǃ

A farmer's wife, an old blind Ball, went ſlowly on the road. With butter, eggs, and cheeſe, and cream, in two large paniers ſlow'd.

Ere Ball could stride the cut amain, the gig came thundering ca, Crath went the panier and the dame, and Ball lay o erthrown!

Now throng the town the mettled pair ran rattling o'er the stones They drove the crowd from ſide to ſide, and ſhook poor J u s bones.

When loǃ directly in the co ſe. a monstrous form'd appe r'e! A ſhaggy bear, that sta k'd and roar'd, on hinder legs uprear'd!