6 whom he does not love, he fhutes a- way with his foot, and lies down with whom he pleafes. Q. How will you know the bairns of our town by others in the kingdom ? A. By their ill breeding and bad manners Q. What is their behaviour ? A. If you afk them a queftion in civility, if were but the road to the next town, they will tell you to follow your nofe, and if go wrong curfe the guide. Q. Are young and old of them no better ? A. All the odds lies in the differ- ence, for if you afk a child to whom he belongs, or who is his father, he will tell you to kifs his father’s a—e. Q. What kind of creatures are kindneft when they meet ? A. None can exceed the kindnefs of dogs when they meet in a market. Q. And what is colleys conduct there ? A. Firft they kifs others mouths and nofes, fmell about, and at laft of all, they are fo kind as to kifs other below the tail.
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