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A BOOK OF FOOLS.

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[“‘His middle thicke, as I have said before]

“‘His middle thicke, as I have said before,
Indifferent thighes and knees, but very shorte:
His legges be square, a foot long, and no more,
Whose very presence made the King much sport—
And a pearle Spoone he still wore in his cap,
To eate his meate he lov'd, and got by hap’