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they travell'd together
In all ſorts of weather,
but often were put in a fright.
anſw. a Man flying from his ſcolding wife;
the two calves and an ape ſignify the calves
of the Legs and the Nape of his Neck, which
by travelling were expos'd to the Weather.

It flies without wings
between ſilken ſtrings,
and leaves, as you ſind,
the guts ſtill behind.
anſw. a Weaver,s Shuttle.

It liv'd and dy'd: and after death;
bereav'd ſome hundreds of their breath;
aſſiſted by a man of of grief,
to whom it yieided ſome relief.
anſw. Samſon's Jaw-bone of an aſs, with
which he ſlew a thouſand Men, and was re-
lieved himſelf by water ſpringing from the
ſame, when he was thriſty.

To the green wood
Full oft is hath gang’d,
Yet yields us no good,
'till decently hang'd.
anſw. a Hog fattened with acorns, which
makes good bacon when hanged and dried.

There was a fair maid,
Who merrily ſaid,
Her lover was ſtupid and dull;
He put a long thing
into a black hole,