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 The Parson and the Clerk. 207 tfeé parson. He told the clerk he had no mmd to go, " for a fpot can ask more than ten wise men can answer," said the parson, and so he got the clerk to go instead. Well, the clerk set out and came to the palace dressed in the pa*son's gown and collar. The king received him at the door with crown and sceptre, and was so fine that he glittered a long way off. " Oh, you are there, are you ? " asked the king. Yes, he was there, sure enough. " Now, tell me first," said the king, M how far is it from east to west?"