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 6 A Whetſtone for Dull Wits,

Q. It flies without wings Between ſilken ſtrings, And leaves, as you find, The guts ſtill behind.

A. A Weaver's Shuttle.

Q. It liv'd and dy'd: and after death Bereav'd ſome hundreds of their breath; Aſſiſted by a man of grief, To whom it yielded ſome relief.

A. Samſon's jaw-bone of an Aſs, with which he few a thouſand Men, and was relieved himſelf by Water ſpringing from the fame, when he was thirſty.

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