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 His wife, who had a friend rner, and was therefore glad of ace, did not only give her cons also drest him in his best leathr and broad brim'd hat.- So taking leave of his good wife Joan, he tr day and night until he came to the place where the court was kept: ng on and pressing through the the crier of the court believing to be some evidence, immediately orders that they should let him in; which was soon done, and he was required to speak what he had to say. the countryman, d'ye see, I've upon my neck, which makes me afraid I am a witch, and volks tell me, that these vine gentlemen, pointing to judges, can tell a body whether one is a witch or no- The crier of the court seeing the simplicity of the man, s, no, no, my friend, I can assure thee thou art no witch: thou lookest more like a cuckold than a witch or a conjuror. I thank you zur; and zo zays these vine gentlemen. Then having given three or four scrapes and half a dozen congees, he came back as wise as Waltham's calf. The next day he was met by his wife, who waited for his return at the town's end, to whom