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7 Now ſhe was luſty Joan by name,

and was their conſtant cook:

and when, he to the kitchen came,

ſhe him would overlook.

Upon a certain day young Jack,

a ſlice of bread did take,

and threw it in the dripping pan,

that he a ſop might make.

ſo ſeen as the the ſame did ſee,

it put her in a rage,

And with the baſting ladle ſhe

Jack Horner did engage.

ſhe gave him cracks upon the crown,

ſo hard, and ſtruck ſo faſt,

that he at length did tumble down,

and gaſping at the laſt.

But though he did at firſt retreat,

he ſoon returned again.