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Then cried the Porter, "Thy clitoris,"[FN#158] whereat the eldest

lady came down upon him with a yet sorer beating, and said, "No;"

and he said, " 'Tis so," and the Porter went on calling the same

commodity by sundry other names, but whatever he said they beat

him more and more till his neck ached and swelled with the blows

he had gotten; and on this wise they made him a butt and a

laughing stock.