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ln gale does her Note. He asserted it was a Chaldee Word,impounded of three Words : that among the Chaldeans,a fti signified cross-grain’d, or Brain-sick ; and comar, a^°ck ; and ita, belonging to a Shoe-Maker.

Ber. Who ever said that a Rock had Brains ?

Al There is no Absurdity in that, if you do but changethe Gender.

Can. This Synod makes the old Proverb good, So manyen , so many Minds. But what Conclusion are we come*° ■ The Opinions may be summ’d up, but can’t be divided ;So that the major Part may carry it against the minor.

Al. Well then, let the better overcome the worse.

Ban. But we must have another Assembly to do that; forever y Man’s own Geese are Swans.

Al. If that Proverb held good, we should not have so^any Adulteries as we have. But I can advise you to ane *Peditious Method : Let us cast Lots whose Opinion of allthem shall be allow’d to be determinative.

Ban. That Lot will fall upon yourself. Have not I spoken

the Truth?

Α1· I approve best of the first, and of the last.

Bati. If i m ay speak for the rest, we all agree.

Al. Well then, let it go for authentick.

Ban. Let it be so.

A l· If any Body shall dissent, what shall be the Penalty ?Let hj m b e set g own j n great Letters, A HERE-U CK IN GRAMMAR.

qAI- I will add very fortunately one Thing, that in myP' n 'on ought not to be omitted : Having receiv’d it fromynan Physician, I will communicate it to my Friends.Ber - What is it ?

^ you pound a Water-Beet, an Oak-Gall, and someo ° emakers Ink in a Mortar, and sprinkle with it sixUr >ces of Dung, and make it into a Poultice, it will be a^sent Remedy for the Mange and Measles in Hogs ,th - T ^ Ut kark P C| Albinas, you that have help’d us all toJob of the Anticomarita, what Author did you read it in?