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 OF LAWRENCE LAZY. 13 Now being come to themſelves find- ing by the verſe that Lawrence had been the cauſe of this, the farmer vow- ed, it he ever lighted on him he ſhould be made a public example, for the trick he had put upon them.

C H A P. VI.

Lawrence is taken and ſent to Lubber- land caſtle.

SO Lawrence in a ſhort time grew ſo notorious, by the many exploits that he had wrought on thoſe who af- fronted him, that at laſt there was warrants iſſued out for apprehending him, though they proved fruitleſs and to no purpoſe, he being protected by the ring ; for no ſooner did they come to ſeize him, but he overcame then with lazineſs, ſo that he got his liber- ty. But being one night at an inn and in his merry cups, he told the land- lord by what power he did all thoſe wonderful things, and ſhewed him his ring; which the landlord ſnatched out of his hand, and ſending for an officer he was carried to Lubberland Caſtle, of which his father was gover-