FAB. CCXXVIII.

A _Horse-Man_’s _Whig_ Blown off.

There was a _Horse-man_ had a Cap on with _a False Head of Hair_ Tack’d

to’t. There comes a Puff of Wind, and Blows off _Cap and Whig together_.

The People made sport, he saw, with his Bald Crown, and so very fairly he

put In with them to Laugh for Company. Why Gentlemen (says he) would you

have me keep other Peoples Hair Better then I did my Own.

The MORAL.

_Many a Man would be Extremely Ridiculous, if he did not Spoil the Jest

by Playing upon Himself first._

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