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More ſwift than a bird,
that does the green foreſt approach.
Anſw. an arrow drawn in a bow by a gentleman archer.

My ſkin is black, my blood is ſweet,
My heart reſembles wood,
which there's fomething may be eat,
Tho' not exceeding good.
Anſw. a Black Cherry.

My ears they run round;
and reach to the ground,
to the admiration of man;
The one part is dead,
the other well fed;
this riddle expound if you can.
Anſw. a Horſe and cart; the wheels betoken
ears that reach to the ground, the horſe
is fed, the cart is dead.

a little informer,
Cloth'd in bright armour,
beloved by men of degree,
it goes fine and neat,
Without legs or feet,
Now tell me what this riddle muſt be
Anſw. a Watch, in a silver caſe, the hand
ſhews men the hour, while the ſilver betokens
bright armour.

My back is broad, my belly is thin,
and I am ſent to pleaſure youth;
Where mortal man has ſeldom been,
Tho' ftrange, it is a naked truth.