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[ 22 ] Sideways they ſtarted at the fight, and wh ſk'd the gig half round, Then-'cro s the crowded market place, they flew with r bound.

Firſt o'er a heap of crockry ware, the rapid car they whirl'd; And jugs ard mugs and pots and pans, in fragments wide were hurl'd.

A booth ſtood near, with tempting cakes, and grocery richly fraugh; All Birmingham on tother ſide, the dazz'd optics-caught.

With active ſpring the nimble ſteeds ruſh'd through the paſs between, Ard ſcarcely touch'd; the car behind; got through not quite ſo clean.

F r while one wheel one ſtall engag'd, ts fellow took the other, D re was the cl h, down fell the booths, and made a dreadful pother,

N s oranges and gingerbread, and ſi s here roll'd around, And f ff rs, knives and thimbles there, be rew'd t e glittering ground.

The fall of boards, the ſtairs and cries, u 'd on the horſes faſter, A d as they flew at every ſtep, they caus'd ſome new diſaſter.