8 riage, the heat of their maiden-heads keeps them warm; old matrons and whirl’d o’er maidens, widows, and wi- dows bewitched, hold up their cold parts to the fire. Q. And what remedy does the poor dog take for his cold nofe ? A. Staps it in below his tail, the hotteft bit in his body. Q. What is the reafon that dogs are worfe on chapmen, than on any other ftrange people ? A. It'is faid the dogs have three a- ccufations againft the chapmen, hand- ed down from father to fon, or from one generation of dogs to another: the firft is as old as Efop, the great wit of Babylon, the dog having a law-fuit againft the cat, gained the plea, and coming trudging home with the de- creet below his tail, a wicked chap- man throwing his elwand at him, he let it fall, and fo loft his privileges. The fecond is becaufe in old times the chapmen ufed to buy dogs and kill them for their fkins. The third is, when a chapman was quartered in a
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