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22 The Royal Riddle Book.

two Calves and an Ape, ſignify the calves

of his legs, and the nap of his neck, by

travelling were expos'd in the weather.

Tho' to the green-wood full oft it had bang'd,

Yct yields us no good, till tis decently hang'd.

A Hog fatened by acorns, and made good

bacon when hang'd a-drying.

By the help of a guide I often divide,

When once in the green foreſt good,

Behold me, tho' I have got but one eye,

When that is ſtopt, I do moſt good.

A hatchet, with which they cleave wood,

My ſkin is black, my blood is ſweet,

my heart reſembles wood,

In which there's ſomething may be eat,

tho' not exceeding good.

A black Cherry

A Motto, ſhowing Vanity in Three.

The three vaineſt men, this world to ſeek;

Behold a Barber, with a Wig;

A Taylor with a Gentleman's new cloaths,

And a young Soldier uttering oaths.

End of the Riddles,