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Of a Dwarfe.
A Dwarfe vppon a Pismyers backedid get hym vp to ride:
He deemd a tamed Oliphante
he did as then bestride.
But while he did aduaunce hym selfe
to bolde vppon his backe,
He tumbled downe, and had a fall
that made his guts crie quacke.
When as the Dwarfe was thus vnhorst,
each laught, both great and small:
Why laugh you masters quoth the dwarfe?
what? Phaëton had a fall.
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