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[ 23 ] Here lay o'erturn'd in woeful plight, p dlar and ni p ck Ther in a ſhow m 's broken box, London went to w c.

the T e's decreed to ſtop And m too a h y ;

A ditch here b broad and deep, where it b ck as ft x From every q arter of the town their muddy currents mix.

Down to its brink in heedleſs haſte, the franntic horſes ſl w, And in the midſt, with ſudden jerk, their burden overthrew.

The proſ rage gig with deſp force they ſoon pull'd out again, And at their heels in ruin dire dragg'd lumb'ring o'er the plain.

H re lay a wheel, the axle there, the body there rema n'd, Till fever'd limb f om limb the ear nor name nor ſh retain'd.

But Jehu muſt not be forgot, left flound'ring in the fl od, With clothes all drench'd and mouth and eyes beplaſter'd o'er with mud.