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 4 The Royal Riddle Book : or

I'm ſerviceable to the queen,

And in her chamber ſtill am ſeen.

A Looking-glaſſ

In ſtate I wear what fortune gives,

a trifle makes me great,

Tho' I'm admir'd by all that lives,

yet endleſs care attend my fate.

A Crown

Eight legs I have, eyes twenty-one,

and fix broad backs have I;

By many a ſcore I'm curſt and thrown,

yet ſtill I neither weep nor die.

A Die

My forehead riſes long and ſmall,

flat is my face, ſquare cheek and chin;

I ſpend my time to pleaſure all,

yet nothing have within.

A Sun-Dial

Without e'er a ſaddle, I ride on a thing

That hath ne'er a leg, yet I am ſtraddling;

Two friends decay'd I do befriend,

Reſolve their doubts, and hic an end.

A Pair of Spectacles

There was a thing a man beſpoke,

Which when the workman home had brought

He that made it, did reſuse it,

He that beſpoke it, did not uſe it;

He that had it, did not know

Whether he uſed it or no.

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To carry meat I am employ'd,

on my long back for many,