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14                        him, and asked what was the cause of                         his sorrow, who answered he had let a                         bag of money fall into the well. At                        this the thief seemed sorrowful, and said, if you will pull off my clothes, you shall let me down into the well, and when I have the money. I will call you to pull me up again. Sheffery was well pleased at this, so off comes the thief's apparel, and into the bucket he goes, while Sheffery was very ready to let him down, which done, and hur seeing the road clear, and the thief safe, now is the time thought Sheffery to deceive the deceiver, so pulling off his old jerkin, by reason he should not describe him by bis apparel, throws it down into the well, then muunted his horse, and rode full speed right and day till hur and the well was twenty miles asunder, and then he ventured to open his port- mantle, where he found three hundred pounds of money, his own twenty pounds being part thereof; where we                        will now leave him, and discourse something of the thief, which shef fery left to search for that money in                        the well which was never there. The