t^e fNlgrim’s pjogrcfg. 11« I Gain7 Forbidden Fruit will make you lick, but not
what our Lord has tolerated.
While they were thus talking, they were partaking
with another Difh, and ’twas a Difli of
«tints. Then faid fome at the Table, Song 6. i r,
lNuts fpoil tender Teeth, efpec;ally the A Dljh of
Teeth of the Children: Which when Nuts.
^Gains heard, he faid :
fflj Nurd Texts are Nuts, (I will not call them theaters.,) 1
iv tVhofe Shells do keep their Kernels from the Eaters.
;aj Open then the Shells, and you Jhall have rhejrfrat,
eti They here are brought, for you to crack, and eat.
Then were they very merry, and fat at the Table
i long Time, talking of many Things: Then faid
he old Gentleman, My good Landlord, while ye are
Irracking your Nuts, if you pleafe, do you open this
'Riddle.
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t A Riddle put forth by old Honed ]
iifl! A Man there was, thoi fome did count him Mad,
The more he caft away, the more he had.
Then they all gave good heed, wondring what
;ood Gctius would fay; fo he-fat ftill a while, and
hen thus reply'd :
[Gains opens ft.]
He who thus Inflows his Goods upon the Poor,
Shall have a; much again, and ten times more.
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