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So all theſe dancers by conſent, they after him did follow. He led them on thro' bogs and ſloughs nay likewiſe ponds and ditches, And in the thorny briary boughs, poor rogues they tore their breeches. At laſt is being ſomewhat late, Jack did his piping leave, So ceas'd ſeeing their wretched ſtate. which made them ſigh and grieve. Sure this ſame is old Nick I knew the author of this evil: And others cry'd if it be ſo, he is a merry devil. Jack Horner laugh'd and went away, and left them in deſpair; So ever ſince that very day no Crowders would come there.

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C H A P. VI.

Jack's kindness to the lnn-Keeper whom he puts in a way to pay his debts.

АN honeſt man an inn-keeper, a friend to honeſt Jack,