Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London, Chatto and Windus · leaf 330
A. A Mare tied ivith her tail to the Manner. The True Trial of Understanding, 309 Q. As I walked thro the street, It was near twelve oclock at night;Two all in black I chancd to meet,Their eyes like flaming fire bright.They passed by, and nothing said,Therefore I was not much afi-aid. … Two long lighted Links carried along the street. 310 Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. Three men near the flowing Thames,Much pains and labour they did takeThey did both scratch and claw their wems,Until their very hearts did ache.It is as true as eer was told,Therefore this riddle now unfold.
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