Page:Gammer Gurton's garland of nursery songs and Toby Tickle's collection of riddles.djvu/24

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SHIP.

 I fly to many foreign parts,
Assisted by my spreading wings;
 My body holds an hundred hearts.
Nay, I will tell you stranger things:
 When I am not in haste I ride,
And then I mend my pace anon;
 I issue fire out from my side;
Ye British youths this riddle con.