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 abide there; and having furniſhed himſelf with a competent ſum of ſilver and gold, as he was wont to do, he went to the ſea-ſide, and there found a ſhip making ready to go out of the harbour ; he aſked the ſkipper very cunningly where they were bound, they immediately told him, and he ſaid he was bound for the ſame port, and aſked the ſkipper if he would take in a paſſenger, and he would handſomely reward him, ſo the ſkipper and he ſoon agreed : and then embarked and ſet ſail. Now Judas thought himſelf ſecure, not ſeeing the vengeance following him. The ſhip after two or three days ſailing came to Rome the deſired harbour, then Judas came aſhore, and after he was there a while, he being of great parts, and alſo endued with much natural wit, kept company with the chiefeſt in the town: At laſt he came to be very gracious with Pontius Pilate, ſo he became his particular friend, inſomuch, that he kept him in his houſe. Now at one time as they were walking together, they happened to come in ſight of an orchard wherein was great plenty of choice fruit, ſo Pontius Pilate caſt his eye on the orchard, and wiſhed he could get ſome of the fruit, he would gladly give any money for them. Judas made anſwer, No doubt, the gentleman that owes the orchard will give ſome of them for money, no ſays he, The gentleman that owes them will take no money of me for them, and to accept them as a preſent is below me. When he came home to dinner, the fruit was ſo much in his mind, that he could not forbear talking of them: Well ſir, ſays Judas, Have patience to-day, and I will get you ſome of them for your dinner to-morrow.

Now Judas went to ſleep that night betimes, and next morning roſe early and went toward the