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No armour proof, or fenced walls of ſtone,
Could turn their arrows: bulwarks were in vain.
thro' princes' courts, and kingdoms far & near,
as well in foreign parts as Christendom,
theſe travellers their weary ſteps do ſteer,
but to the deſert they do ſeldom come.
anſw. Death and Cupid, whoſe arrows pierce
thro' the Walls of braſs, or ſtrong armour
in all Courts and Kingdoms in the habitable
World.

a dainty fine thing,
Which under her wing
My Lady does commonly wear,
With a bottomleſs hole,
as black as a coal,
and cover'd all over with hair.
anſw. a Muff.

a maid with a baſket of eggs,
She ſaw a thing ſtand without legs;
'twas both ſtiff and ſtrong,
and ſome handfuls long,
Having a briſk beard;
She was not afraid,
and likewiſe ſhe faid
She'd do it no wrong.
anſw. an Ear of Rye Corn growing on
the Land, which a maid ſaw as ſhe was
going to Market.

Two calves and an ape
they made an eſcape
From one that was worſe than a ſpright;