THE n ^

HISTORY r

G F T H E

O F

\NTERBURY,

3LCHESTER,

heir QUEENS and DAUQHTERS:\

b ’f •. n g the '1

I'M E R R Y TALES

E v V O F”

flpy, ; • <. *'•; K, '■ • T'/

|m Hodge and his Scho^fejj.c^'3.

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CORNWALL, &

CUMBERLANb.

GLASGOW,

PRINTED IN THE YEAR,

. 1799.

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P R E F A G E.

O T to detain the reader, wit!

J. many v/ords to little purpofe; fhall only here obferve, That Ton

Hodge, with the reft of-his old com,

panions, belonging to the fchool o]

Cockermouth, were walking on a ver

pleafant morning in May, and havinl

tired themfelves with pranks anti in

trignes, towards evening they fat them

1 elves down on a green bank, beneatl

a lovely oak, wdiere they agreed a-

mongft themfelvcs, that every oni

1 iliovild tell a Tale, let a , or ca

' -,.l( his Father a Cuckold; and hecan

om was the eldeft fcholar, it vvj

oncluded and agreed upon, that 1

hould begin firlt. . t

Says Tom, with all my heart,

So I’ll begin my par^.

The Bijlory of the four Kings. 3

TALE I.

N C E upon a time, when geefe

were fwine, and birds built nefts •

old men’s beards, as hereafter they

ay do. in mine, there was a Queen

1 this realm, whole name was Eliza-

ith ; and, by reafon that the famous

isvn of Lancafter was llrangely pefi-

l'd with v/itches, the queen lent feme

Iges down to arraign and try them,

order to bring them to judice.

ovv the riews of this court being

jljhe kept in Lancafter, fpread thro’

the country, fo that a hufband-

n living near forty miles from that

ice, hearing of this news, and be-

ing they were come to tell the folks

ther they were witches or not, re- ■ ed to go to be fat is fed In himfelf,

he was pbiTefTed with a fe^ir, that

as a witch, becaufe he had a wart

on his neck, which he imagined

|!be a dug.

jlis wirhi-wholtad a- friend in a cor-

and was t^ene^re glad pfl his ab-

e, did opt,ordy give iier coqfent,.

a!fo in. his be it leathern

• 1 ■' h:n:,—So fakl; &

rungs.' 4 The Rijlory of the fan

leave of his good wife Joan, he trud-

ged en day and night, until he came

to the place where the court was kept:

fo rufhing on9 and preffing through

the crowrd, the crier of the court be-

lieving him to be fome evidence, im

mediately gave orders that they fbould

let him in ; which waa foon don

and he was required to fpeak what h

had to fay.——Why, fays the couni

try man, d’ye fee, I have a dug upof|

my neck, which makes me afraid :|

am a witch, and volks tell me, tha

thefe vine gentlemen, pointing to til*

judges, can tell a body whether one L

a witch or no.- The crier of th

court, feeing the hmplicity of th

mais faid, No, no, my friend, i cat

allure thee, thou art no witch: Tho:

looked: more like a cuckold than

witch or a conjuror.- 1 thank yot

zur; and zo zays thefe fine gentle

mem Then having given three or foui

scrapes,- and half a dozen congees, h

came back as wife as Waltham’s call The next day he was met by hi

wife, who waited for his return at th

town’s end, to whom ihe laid. We:

hufband, what do the gentlemen fay

i ,jc nijioij oj ipcjeur mugs, 5

' e vou a witch or no ? A witch, fweet

■' ife, no,; they tells a body, one looks

Vtore like a cuckold, than a witch'or * ♦ 1 conjuror.- Why, fay you lb, replied

he, i prithee go back, and have them

akeu up for witches ; for except they

-ad been fo, they would not have

mown you were a cuckold.

This merry tale fo plea fed them,

hat they fet up a hearty laugh, which

oeing ended, the fecond boy began

tis tale in the following manner,

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T A L E II.

T N the days of ycre, 'when this land

1 w’as governed by many kings, n-

mong thered, the king of Canterbury

had an only daughter, and fhe was

wife, fair, and beautiful. Her father

lent forth a decree, that whoever would

watch one night with his daughter,

and neither lieep nor Humber, he

(hould have her the next day in mar-

riage; but, if he did either, he iliould

loie his head.——Many Knights and

Squires attempted it, butvldlt their

head?.

Nov/ it happened a young

’ji'j v) Ljr"jcrrr^T<iingS.

grazing his flock near the road, fai

?o his mailer, Zur, 1 zee many gent >

ten ride to the conrt at Canterbury!

but ne’er zee ’em return again. O fhep-

herd, fa id. his maher, I know not hov.

• vou.fhould, for they attempt to watch

with the King’s Daughter, accordir ;

to tlie'decree, and not performing |

.they are a,ll beheaded. Well, faid ti l

thepherd, I’ll try my vorton j z^o nov|

vor a king’s daughter, or a headleli

fhepherd, And, taking his bottle and

bag, he trudged to court. Now in

his way lie was to crofs a river, over

which lay a plank ; down he fits, and

pulls off his fhoes and Hookings to

wafh his feet, left the fmell of his toes

might be the means of keeping her a*

wake 5 while lie was wafhing his feet,

a filh came fmellmg and biting his

toes, he caught it and put it into his

bag : after which came a fecond, a

third, and a fourth, which lie caught, |

and put in his bag likewife; this dene, :;

and Having dried his feet, he put on

bjs ftockings and fhoes, and purfued

h$r journey till he came to the palace,

where lie* knocked loudly with his

crook, he was no fooncr let in,& hav- \

- The Hiftory of the four Kings. /

ing told his bufineft, but he was con-

duced to a hall^ prepared for that pur-'

pofe, where the King’s Daughter fat

ready to receive him; and tine better

to lull his fenfes, he was placed in

a rich eafy chair, having delicious

wine's for his flipper* with many fine

difhes of iruit, &c. of which the ihep-

iierd ate and drank plentifully, info-

much, that he began to flu ruber be-

fore midnight. O thephtrd, iaid the

lady, have 1 caught you napping?—

Noa, 2weet lady, I was buzy, at what,

faidlhe? Why a feefhing, Nay, fliep-

herd, there is no filli pond in the hall.

No matter vor thaj, I have been

feeihing—Says the lady, where dp yoh

frill ? O quoth he, in my b .

—O me, have you catched e’er a one?

—Ay, lady, faid he.—I’d willingly fee

it, replied Ihe.-—Ay, and ,pleafe you,

you fhall v.dth all my veayt.-- -This

iaid, he ilily drew one ot' the fifhes

out or the bag, at the fight of which .

(he was greatly pleafed, and praifed'

it for a pretty fifh; and withal, fkui,

Dear fliepherd, do you think; you

could catch one in mine too ?—VAy,

ay, donbilefs 1 can.—Then ihe ijdng

8 The HylGr_v of the four Kings.

according to. his diredlions, he fell M

hilling, and in a Hi on time drew aie-

cohd fifh out of the bag, pretending

he drew it from her. The kinghs

daughter was fo plea fed with it, that

{he killed it, declaring it was the fin-

elHhe evpr faw. And about half an.

hour after, fhe faid, Shepherd, do you

think you could get me one more ?

He aiifwered, Mayhap, I may, when

1 have baited my hock. Then make

hade, for 1 am impatient till 1 have

another: Then the fhepherd acted as

before, and fo prefented her with an-

other fifh ; which {he aifo extolled and

praifed, faying, It was ten times finer

than the other ; and then gave him

leave to deep, promifing to excufe him

lo her father.

In.the morning, the king came into

the hall as ulual, followed by the heads-

man, with a hatchet ; but the lady

cried out, Yon may return with your

hatchet, here is ho work for you.

‘ How fo, faid the king* has he neither

f]umbered nor fiept?—No, royal father

he has not. How has he employed

himfoifr In fifiling Why, there is

nevh* a fiih-pondj where did he catch

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The Jiijhry of the Join' Kings, Q

them? One in his own hackfiie, and

ftwo in mine Say yen fo, well friend,

( dod: think thou can’ft catch one in

. mine ! An’t pleafe you my liege, l be-

lilii'/e 1 can. Then direeling him to lie r pn his belly, he pocked him with a

i packing needle, which made him cry

j out exceedingly ; at which time he

■ drew' the orherfiih out of the bag, and

j fneweji it to the King. His M a idly

jfaid, He never knew inch fort of filli-

ng before; however, take my daugh-

er, according to my royal decree;

nd fo they were married, and the

e lding^ kept in great triumph, and

he fhepherd> became a king’s foil.

O that was mighty well, fa-id the

third boy, he had wonderful good Kr-

one; this puts me in mind of a (lory

Inch i will now tell in my turn.

tale III.

F I may believe my old grand-md-

ther, there lived in the epunty df

Jumbeilaiid a nobleman, who hajd

•hree ions, two of them were comely

md tall youths, wife and learned; tile

fliird a merry fool, and went often m

I

ro The Bifhrj of the four Kings.

a party coloured coat and deep!

crowned har, at the top of which was

taffel, in this drefs he made a comic;

fhrure.—At this time the kina; of Can

terbury had a fine daughter, adcvn

ed -with all the gifts of nature, joino

to an ingenious education ; fhe beir>:

very ripe witted, as appeared by he

ready anfwers, and the comical quef

lions die put forth.—The king her fa

ther, publilhed a decree, that whoeve.

fhould come to the court, and anrvve!

his daughter three queftions, withoui

lludy or flumbling, ihould have hex

in marriage, and alfo be heir to the

crown at his deceafe. Upon publiih

ing this decree, the faid gentleman’;

two Tons agreed between themfelves.

to go and try, how favourable fortune

he to them in this undertak-

but all their care was, what they

ihould do with their (illy brother Jack;,

for, as they fa id, if he follow us, he

;tvill out with fame fool'dh bolt, and

Jb fpoil our bn line is. At length it was;

agreed in going to the court, to go out;

of the back door, which led to the road

over feveral fields, about a- mile from

tne houfe. t hey did fo, but were no

might

mg

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The Hiftory rf the four Kings. 11

fooner got into the highway^ but look-

ing behind, they faw their, brother

Jack coining capering and chancing at-

,ter them, laying, with a loud laugh-

ter. So you are going to get a kmg’s

daughter, but 1 will purfue you. They

faw there was no way to get rid of

him, but by walking fad, and leaving

him behind, hoping thereby, to get en-

trance before Jack, and then have the

gates hint a gain 11 him. They had not

11 gone-half a mile, before Jack Jet up a

1 great fit of laughter, at which one of

his.brothers faid, What has the fool

J found out now ? Why, I’ve found an

egg. Put it in thy pocket, faid his bro-

thers. Adad, and fo 1 will, fiys Jack.

—Prefently after, he was taken with

another fit of laughter. What has the

fool found now? What have Lfound,

f fays Jack, why a crooked flick; They

itbid him put that in his pocket. Ay,

! marry will I.—They had not walked

imuch further, before Jack burll into

a greater fit of laughter than before.

His brothers faid, What has the fool

found now ? Found, why a t—d.—-—

Tit that in your pocket. I intend, ic,

fays Jack, Now by this'time they were

I 'i;i Iks llyiory cf t'hn four Kings.

I come nsar the palace gate, at whl

| they no fooner knocked, but they were

] admitted. But Jack never flood for

C iremonies, but ran through the midll

! of the court, and as the wife brothers

were'making their addrefles, Jack was

[ •laughing at the ladies; unto whom he

I laid, what a noon of fair ladies are

Ik got here! O yes, yes, laid the king’s

daughter, who was among them, we

| are fair ladies, for we carry fire in our ;f _i Do you? faid Jack, then road

f me an egg. How will ye get it out

.again ? By a crooked flick which i

hive. t\—you will? faki ftie—I have

| it in my pocket, fays Jack. In this

[ Jack aniwcreel the three queflions pro-

pofed. Then he was preferred to that

hionoar which was mentioned in the

decree. His two wife brothers then

went home like two fools, and left

j ordifh Jack to be reverenced at court,

with the king's fair daughter.

Said the fourth boy, this verifies

the old proverb, “ Fools have for- 44 tune beiides, it has put me in

/mind of a llory that was told me by

v|itv an lit.'- •

The Hijlory of the four Kings. I $

TALE IV.

O N G b for • u «, and the

Kxigii rs of ths Round Tab? r,

ifchere reigned, in the eaftern part of

sithis Imd a King, who kept his c rrt

sat Colchefter. He was witty, ftroug,

and valiant; by which means he fab-

i(clued his enemies abroad, and planted

peace among his fabjedb at home.

■Neverthelefs, in the mid It of all his

i eartblv glory, his (dueen died, leaving

behind her an only daughter, about

, fifteen years of age, under the care q£

her royal hu'band. This Lady, for her

courtly carriage, beauty., and afihbi-

lity, was the wonder of all tiiat knew

her ; but, as covetoufnefi is the root

of all evil, fo it happened here.

The King hearing of a Lady, who

had like wile an only tanghter, for the

lake of her riches* had a mind to mar-

ry her; tho’ Ihe was old, ugly, hook-

nos’d and hump*back’d, yet aii could

not deter him from marrying her. The

I daughter of the find piece of deformi-

i ty wa? a yellow dowdy, lull of envy

j and ili-nacure, and in lllprc was much

| of the fame mould as iier mother. TJiis

14 The Hi ft ory of the four Kings.

Cgnified nothing, for in a few weeks,;

the King, attended by the nobility anc

gentry, brought the faid piece of de-

fonnitv to his palace, where the mar-

ri ge-rites were performed Long they

had not been in 1 he court before they

fet the King againft his own beautiful

Daughter, which was done by fade

reports and acc farons The yotmg;

princefs having loci her father’s love,,

grew weary of the court, and on a,

certain day meeting with her father in

the.garden, fhe defired him, with tears

in er eyes, to give her a fmall fubfilt-

enc arid Ihe would go and feek her

fortune, to which the King confent-

ed, and ordered her mother-in-law, to

make up a fmall fum according to

her diferetion. To her fhe went, who

gave her a canvas bag of brown bread

and hard cheefe, with a bottle of beer;

I. tho’ this was but a very pitiful dowry!

for a King’s daughter. 6he took it, re-:

turned thanks, and fo proceeded, pal-

ling through groves, woods, and val-

leys, till at length Ihe law an old man

! iitting on a Ilona, at the mouth of a

cave, who faid, Good-morrow, fair |

mariden, whither away fo fait'? Aged

The Hiflory of the four Kings. 15

father, fays fbe, I am going to feek

my fortune. What haft thou in thy

bag and bottle? In my bag I have got

bread and cbeefe, and in my bottle

good fmall beer; will you pleafe to

partake of either ? Yes, laid he, with

ah my heart. With that the Lady

pulled out her provi-ion, and bid him

eat and welcome. He did,- and gave

her many thanks, telling her, there

was a thick thorny hedge before her,

which will appear to you impallible,

but take this wand in your hand,

linke three times, and fay, Pray hedge

let me come through, and it will open

immediately: then a little fart hep, you

will tind a well, lit down on the brink

of it, and there will come up three

golden h&ads, who will fpeak, and

what they require, that do." Then pro-

miling fhe would, fhe took her leave

of hirm—r—Coming to the hedge, and

following the old man’s direiddons,

the hedge divided, and gave htr a pan-

fage; then coming to the well, ihe had

no former (itcen down,- bar a golden

head came up with a fingihg note,

^ Wa(h ms, comb me, lay me dowii jhft-

ly; Yes, fud cue young.Lady : then

0

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■ I)fiery of the four Kings.

:ir forth Ifer hand, with a hlver ?er

couf performed the office, placing it

upon a primrofe bank, vl'hen came np

a fecond and a third, faying as the

former, which fhe complied with ;

and then pulling out her provifiou,

ate her dinner. Then, fiid the Beads

one to another, What ffial: we do for

this Lady, who hath ufed us fo very

kindly ?- The farll Card, 1 will caufe

ftich addition to her beauty, as Inail

charm the mod powerful Prince in

the world. The fecond laid, 1 will en-

dow her with Inch per hi me, both in

body and breath, as ih-dl far exceed

the fweeted flowers. The third fa id,

My gift lhali be none of the lead, for

as fhe is a King’s Daughter, I’ll make

her fb forcuna e, that, dae fh'Jl become

Qdf.en to the greated Prince that

reigns,—This done, at their requed

.fhe let them down into the well again,

and fo proceeded on her journey.

bhe ha.mot travelled long, before five

faw a King hunting in tne park with i

his nobles; fhe would have fhunncd p

him, but the King having a fight of It

her,, made towards her, and betweeni:

her beauty and-perfumed breath, wash

The Hijlory cf the four Kings. 17

ifo powerfully laiitten, that he T^as not

able to fubdue bis palTion, but pro-

iceeded on his courtfbip, where, after

ijfome compliments and kind embraces,

be gained her love. And bringing her

to his palace, he cau'fed her to be cloth-

ed ill the moft magnificent manner.

This being ended, and the King

finding that {he was the King of Col-

bhefter’s Daughter, ordered fome cha-

dots to be got ready, that he might

nay him a vifit. The chariot, in which

the King and Queen rode, v^as beau-

. Jlfified with rich ornamental gems of

fgold. The King her Father was at firft

.ftonifhed, that his Daughter had been

lb fortunate as (lie was, till the young

..King, made him fenfible of all that

pad happened. Great was the joy at

•|ourt among the Nobility, except the

Queen and her club-footed Daughter,

Who were ready to Kuril with malice,

imd envied her bappinefs; and the

Ireater was their iTiadm.is, . bee <ufe

re was now; above tlit'.0 all,—Great

sjoicings, with feafling and oancing,

ontinued many days. Then at. hn.gdi,

dth the dowry her rather gave her,

|iey returned home.

i § The Hijlory of the four Kings.

Well, fakl. the fifth boy, had'{he not

been kind and beautiful, Inch good

forrune had never come to her lot.

And pray, what became of her hump-

backed flfer-in-law ?—indeed 1 do not

know.—Why then, faid the filth bay,

1 can tell you fomething of her.

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TALE V.

2 H E perceiving that her fifter wasd fb happy in feeking her fortune,;

would needs do the lame ; fo difclof*

ing iier mind to her mother, all pre-

parations were made j not dnly rich

apparel, but fweet-meats, fngar, al-

monds, &c. in great quantities, and a

large bottle of Malaga fack. Thusdur-

nilhed, ihe went the fame road as her

fifier, and coming near the cave, where

fat the old man, who faid, Young wo-

man, whither fo faft ?—What is than

to you, laid Ihe,—Then, faid he, what

have yen in your bag and bottle? ihoI

anfwered, good things, which youL-

{hah not be troubled with. Won’t you

give me fume, faid he ? No, not a bit,,

por a drop, unlefs it would choak toipj

t he foifr Kings. 19

The old man frowned, faying, Evil

fortune attend thee.——Going on, fhe

came to the hedge, through, which Ihe

efpied a gap, where Ihe thought to

I pals, but going in the hedge ciofed,

and the thorns ran into her jfleih, fb

| that with great difficulty ffic got our.

I Being now in a bloody condition, ihe

i! looks for water to wafh herfelf, and

II looking round Ihe faw a well, and lit-

i.) ting down, one of the Eleads, came up

to her, faying, Wafh me, comb me,

day me down loftly. But ffie bang’d it

with hjr bottle, faying, Hang you,

i;take this for your wafhing. So the fc-

cond and third Heads came up, and

met with no better welcome than the

rfirft, wdiereupon the Eleads confulted

ngft them Elves, what evils to

ue her with for fuch ufage. The

firft faid. Let her be fti:uck with lepro-

y in her face. The fecond faid, Let

n additional Link be added to her

reath. The third bellowed on her a

ufband, though but a poor coumry

obler.— This done, ihe goes on till

ic came to a market-town, and it be-

ig market-day, the people fmtlk-d a

ink, and feeing fuch a mangy dace,

t

20 7-be Hijlory of the four Kings,

all fled ; but a poor cobler, who not

long before, had mended the Ihoes of

an old hermit, who having no money,

gave him a box of ointment for the

cute of the leprofy, and a bottle of

fpirits for a {linking breath. Now the

cobler, having a mind to do an a<5l of

charity, was minded to t y an experi-

ment; fo going up to her, afked her,

who flie was ? 1 am, laid Ihe, the

King of Colchefter’s Daughter-in-law.

Well, faid the cobler, if 1 rellore

you to your natural complexion, and

make a found cure both in ^ce and

breath, will you in reward take me for*

a Hufband ?—Yes, friend,* replied fhe,

with a;i my heart. With this the

cobler applied the remedies, and they

woiked the effect in a few weeks,

which being done, they were marri-

ed. . After fome few days fpent in

town, they fet forward for the court,

at Cole heller. At length coming there,

and tiie Queen underltanding, Ihe had

married nothing but a poor cobler, !

fell mto deft radii on, and in wrath

banged herfelf. The death of the !

Queen pieafed the King much, who

was glad he had got rid of her lb fbcn„

Thd^HiJlory of the four Kings. 21

Having buried her, he gave the coo-

ler one hundred’pounds, on condition

that he and his lady.would q.uit the

court. The cobler received it, and pro-

mifed he would: Then fetting up his

trade in a remote part of the kingdom,

they lived many years, he mending

fhoes, and fhe fpinning thread.

Quoth the (ixth boy, 1 think for a

King’s Daughter fhe hath fpun a very

fine thread. 'But now for my ftory.

TALE VI.

A Tinker in our town had but one

daughter, whole name was Tib,

and becaufe her father would fiot let

her marry a miller’s man, named Job-

fen, nothing would ferve her, but 'fhe

muff go and feek her fortune; fo over

hills and mountains, through groves

and lonefome woods fhe palled, till at '

length fhe met with an old woman,

who faid unto Tib, Where are you

going ? To feek fervice, fays Tib.*

Will you live with me, replied the old

woman ? my family is fmail, myfelf,

my cat, .and my dog. Tib anfwered.

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n r> The Hijlory of tJk four Kings.

with all my heart, ho home they

went to her cottage, which flood by

the fide of a grove on the b.-mk of a

pleafant river. She no fooner entered

in at the door,-* than die beheld the

ihelves faruifhed with abundance of

earthen ware and glades.- She had

not lived long with her, before Fib

had commi-ted a fault, for « h die

old woman was refolved to

very bone in her fkin.

ore ok. e-

To that end,

die nut her into a Tack, and having

tied the mouth of the fame, Ihe went

to the grove to cut a dick; but while

die. was gene, Tib, with a penknife,

opened the lack, and got out,; and

put the dog and cat into it, dliing it

up with pans, pipkins, &c. then drag-

ging it to the door, that the old wo-

man might not come in to mifs them,

who on her return; thinking that Tib

had rowied thither, began to lay on

like a fury; when the dog howled,

the cat mewed, and the pipkins crack-

ed; while the old woman cries out.

An ! howl if you will, and be pag’d,

for, before you come out of this fack.

I’ll thiafn your bones to chaff. Now

Tib dood uit a' diftance, laughing to

The Bifioryof the four Kings. 23

,|fee bufy Hie was in deftroying r

Ijhe vv' nirniture, then fled for ir,

taqd nevtr aftsr returned.

1 : •" d fhe did, replied tl-ie

jfeventh bey, or. elfe the old womaii

iwoidd certainly have been revenged,

j>n Tib at 'aft;—- now for my

'.ftory, which, ihall be the laft at this’ ;

neeting. -‘/v i

tale vir.

Young man having found a

purfe, in which was live pounds,

; made a proclamation, that if any

ike would lay any jult claim to it,

come to fuch tavern, and they

uld haye it again. To the tavern

went, where in meat and drink, he

nt a crown. At laft when the young

n was ready to go, the owner came

d demanded the purle, which, he

s ready to furrender; but the own-

knowing a crown was {‘pent, he

uid not receive it, unlefs he made

the whole furn. The young rriau

him he could not, fo an ofiicer

%i 7 he' Hlftory af the four Kings,

was feat for; bar befgre he came, the!

yonch took to his hee’s, ran for it

with that iwiftnefs, that, an afs Oar^j

ing. in his way,’he took hold oi ♦msj

tail to fwing hinifelf by, and twitche. *

it off A little farther, he overthrew

woman with child, and caufeid her to

mifcarry, At length he was taken, an

ll ; brought before a JufUce by the threi

'»• fuifei ers.>— Kayiog »’heard their coni'

plaintr', he turned to the young man

and laid, Young man, feveral com-

plaints are here laid againft you, whibj

t’ ilia 11 clear up, Firft, Keep the mo-

: aiey you have found, .d? trade vvisl

it, till you have imprv^ved it lb far 1

■-tb nial^ him and tnel

let hpw bays it.-—-—Yon .fake the af

\l ' and vtoi’Jv him till a new tail gro

then give him tp his owner.- An

yog take the woman home, and lij

with h^r, till file is as far gone wit

child as the was before, and dlcn fin

her home to her -hmfcand. 2n wi(

thefe determinations he difimifit

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