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 OF TOM TRAM. 7 headſtrong horſe, on purpoſe to deceive ne bf my turkeys. The man replied, A pox take you and your turkeys, for I never was play'd the knave with ſo in my life; I hope that you will pay for the hire of the horſe, which I was forced to borrow to follow you- withal. That I will, ſaid Tom, with all my! heart.

CHAP. IV. How Tom paid the Man for his Horſe Hire.

TOM aſked the man what way he inten- ded to travel? Marry, ſaid the man, I muſt go back with the horſe I have hired. Quoth Tom, what did you give for the hire of him? Said the man, I gave five ſhillings. Well, ſaid Tom, I will let you to the next public houſe, and then we will eat one of the turkeys, and I will bring you in good silver, the five ſhillings for the horſe hire. The place appointed being two miles off, Tom appoints three or four of his compa- nions to meet him, who did not fail, for they were there before Tom and his friend, who came riding upon the horſes, Tom up- on the hired horſe, and the man upon his own. Tom alighted, and called the hoſtler to ſet up his horſe, and to give him oats. enough, and cauſed a turkey to be roaſted with all poſſible haſte; which, according as he commanded, was performed. But Tom whiſpered to his conſorts, and wiſhed them