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 The Hiſtory of the four King's. 21

Having buried her, he gave the cobler one hundred pounds, on condition that he and his lady would quit the court. The cobler received it, and promiſed he would: Then ſetting up his trade in a remote part of the kingdom, they lived many years, he mending ſhoes, and ſhe ſpinning thread.

Quoth the ſixth boy, I think for a King's Daughter ſhe hath ſpun a very fine thread. But now for my ſtory.

ΤΑLΕ VI.

A Tinker in our town had but one daughter, whoſe name was Tib, and becauſe her father would not let her marry a miller's man, named Jobſon, nothing would ſerve her, but ſhe muſt go and ſeek her fortune; ſo over hills and mountains, through groves and loneſome woods fhe paſſed, till at length ſhe met with an old woman, who ſaid unto Tib, Where are you going? To ſeek ſervice, ſays Tib. Will you live with me, replied the old woman? my family is ſmall, myſelf, my cat, and my dog. Tib anſwered,