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A Countrey Fellow being set upon by a Mastiff, kill'd him with his Pitchfork, the owner of the Dog demanded satisfaction, and brought him before the Justice: But still the Clown pleaded he did it in his own defence. Nevertheless you ought, said the Ju∣stice, to have struck him with the other end of your Staf. Truly so I would, said the Peasant, had he run at me with his Tail.