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THree young conceited wits sitting in a Tavern very merry, it chanced that a grave old Gentle∣man with a long Gray beard looked into the room whom as soon as they had espied, to show their wit, saluted him with the name of Father Abraham, the other with Isaac, and the third with Jacob; I am (said the Gentleman) neither Father Abraham, Isaac, nor Jacob, but Saul the son of Kish, who went out to seek his Fathers Asses, & here I find them, & here I leave them.