(162.)
Of a Fellow that had never a nose, a roguish Begger begg'd an alms, and still as he begg'd, he prayed for his eye-sight; he ask'd him what he meant by that, he told him that he hoped his eye-sight
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Of a Fellow that had never a nose, a roguish Begger begg'd an alms, and still as he begg'd, he prayed for his eye-sight; he ask'd him what he meant by that, he told him that he hoped his eye-sight
would never fail; For if it does, says he, you are in a most miserable condition; for there is no place to ffx a pair of spectacles on.