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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 would him over look 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 ſoon as ſhe the ſame did ſee, it put her in a rage, And with the baſting ladle ſhe Jack Horner did engage.

She gave him knocks upon the crown, ſo hard and ſtruck ſo faſt, That be at length did tumble down. and gaſping lay at laſt. But though he did at firſt retreat, he ſoon return'd again,