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greateſt folly in the world, is, to love the world. In ancient Ages, the world bragged of ſeven wiſe men, but now every one is wife in his own conceit; but tho' ſome are wiſe, yet the moſt are otherwiſe. Of all calliygs, I hate Quack Doctors, for, if they do good, the word ſhall hear faſt enough of it. The greateſt enemies the whores have, are the French-pox, and the ſmall-pox; one ſpoils their face, and the other their conſtitution I hate riches for the danger that attends them; for I would not have my throat - cut for a buſhel of gold. Ballad ſing-ers have the honeſteſt trade in the world, for they always deal with rea-dy money; it is alſo an ancient and an honourable employment, for Ho-mer himſelf was one of the buſineſs. Sailors are the braveſt and merrieſt fellows alive, when there is but an inch between them and their grave. Though the Aſtrologer be a wiſe man and tell future events, he ſeldom can tell the man that cuckolded him, or when. It would puzzle a Philoſo-pher, who to give the preference to, a chimney-ſweeper, or Tom-turd-
