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 5 The Trial of Dull Witts.

And what I deſire, few will avoid,

yet I never taſte of any.

A Spit.

Two eyes I have, which ſhine moſt bright,

yet have I neither legs nor feet,

But yet I have a mouth to bite,

but tho' I have, I never eat.:

Sheers.

a ſhort ſpace the world all round

I view : i'm reſtleſs, always changing,

Nothing I, that can be found,

not from any ſtation changing,

The Sun

There is a thing both long and ſtiff,

and at the end there is a cliff:

oft moiſture from it doth flow,

and makes fair ladies pleaſant grow.

A Pen.

Tho' low, yet I'm very fair,

T'hey kiſs me: I lie in their breaſts:

in welcome to her by day and night,

and often, it is ſaid, do give her eaſe,

Altho' I hurt her, when I don't do right.

A Pin.

At night I timely go to reſt,

and early with the ſun appear,

When mounted high I am at the beſt,

'tis delight to pleaſe the ear.

A Lark.

different ſhapes and functions I appear,

ways undaunted, tho' I'm moft in fear;