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The Trial of Dull Witts.

to ſeek for it is vain :

in Amſterdam 'tis common,

yet Holland wants it ſtill;

'Tis in every mountain,

yet not in any hill;

It never was in Italy,

in Rome it ſtill appears ;

It comes in ev'ry minute,

yet not in twenty years;

All England cannot ſhew it,

nor Scotland, but men ſay,

In Weſtminſter and Cambridge,

you ſee it every day:

And tho' you do not think on't,

'tis never out of mind,

And always in its proper place,

indeed you may it find.

The Letter M.

ancy with the white petticoat,

and the red noſe,

The longer ſhe ſtands, the ſhorter ſhe grows.

A Lighted Candle.

lly to Belly, and hands at the back,

all out a raw morſel, and ſtop a red gap.

A Child ſucking a Woman.

round as a cheeſe, and as black as a coal,

long neck and a pumping hole.

A Bottle.

sr went to a feaſt, I met with a beaſt,

With ten heads, and ten tails,

prty feet, and fourſcore nails.

A Sow with nine Pigs,