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4 The History of the four kings. leave of his good wife Joan, he trudged on day and night,- until he came to the place where the court was kept: so rushing on, and pressing through the crowd, the crier of the court believing him to be some evidence, immediately gave orders that they should let him in ; which was soon done. and he was required to speak what he had to say___ Why, says the country man, d'ye see, I have a dug upon my neck, which makes me afraid am a witch, and volks tell me, that, these vine gentlemen, pointing to the judges, can tell a body whether one is a witch or no.__ The crier of the court, seeing the simplicity of the make said, No, no, my friend, i can assure thee, thou art no witch: Thou, lookest more like a cuckold than witch or a conjuror.__ I thank you zur; and zo zays these fine gentle men. Then having given three or four scrapes, and half a dozen congees, he came back as wiſe as Waltham's call __The next day he was met by his wife, who waited for his return at the town's end, to whom she said, We husband, what do the gentlemen say