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CHAP. VI.

How Sheffery took a journey about five or six miles, and came home and died of a surfeit.

SHEFFERY's horse being lame, he                    was forced to travel on foot five miles to see a patient; and the weather be- ing extreme hot, he surfeited himself. At his return home he took his bed, and there appeared but very little hopes of his recovery. His son, Shon ap Morgan, being now about eighteen years old, went to his father, and said in this manner: Father, if you die, I                    hope you will leave something to me                     to buy me a scourge and a town top; Quoth Sheffery, why dost thou trouble me? Thou hadst more need to bring thy book and read to me. Yes, father, so                    I will, said he; but looking for his book he could not find it, but he                    went and told his father he knew not where his book was; but he had a                    ballad of Robin Hood, I will read it                     to you please. But Sheffery being at the point of death, and