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 The Hiſtory of the four Kings, 9

them? One in his own backſide, and two in mine. Say you ſo, well friend, doſt think thou can'ſt catch one in mine! An't pleaſe you my liege, I believe I can. Then directing him to lie on his belly, he pocked him with a packing needle, which made him cry out exceedingly; at which time he drew the other fiſh out of the bag, and ſhewed it to the King. His Majeſty ſaid, He never knew ſuch ſort of fiſhing before; however, take my daughter, according to my royal decree; and ſo they were married, and the wedding kept in great triumph, and the ſhepherd, became a king's ſon.

O that was mighty well, ſaid the third boy, he had wonderful good fortune; this puts me in mind of a ſtory which I will now tell in my turn.

TALE III.

IF I may believe my old grand-mother, there lived in the county of Cumberland a nobleman, who had three ſons, two of them were comely and tall youths, wife and learned; the third a merry fool, and went often in