He ne'er considered it, as loth
To look a gift-horse in the mouth.

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Quoth Hudibras, "I smell a rat;
Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate."

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Or shear swine, all cry and no wool.

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And bid the devil take the hin'most,
Which at this race is like to win most.

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With many a stiff thwack, many a bang,
Hard crab-tree and old iron rang.

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