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 OF LAWRENCE LAZY. 7 my ſon, ſaid he to make uſe of the ſame and it will ſtand thee in great stead in every time of trouble. Law- rence received theſe gifts thankfully, and after having croſſed the old man's hand with a grey groat, they parted very friendly, and Lawrence returned home, though late in the night, co his ſchool, where his maſter threaten- d to chaſtiſe him in the morning ſe- verely for his demeanor.

CHA P. III. How Lawrence ſerved his maſter, and then made his eſcape. Lawrence finding what his maſter had ſaid, made no great haſte to iſe the next morning ; wherefore, when the ſchool was full, the maſter in his place, and the ſcholars round him, Lawrence was ſent for, who was brought in, led between two. At which time his maſter commanded him to be horſed, in order to give him correction ; but Lawrence ſlily putting on his ring, juſt as he was taken upon the boy's back, he firſt caſt his eyes on the maſter, and then upon the whole