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 fumed the houſe, and the breath of them was ſo ſtrong that none could endure it: In which time Tom ſhifts himſelf into man's apparel, and with a ſtaff in his hand came where his goſſips were, and hearing them groaning all the houſe over, opened the door and aſked them what was the matter? They anſwered they were all poiſoned. Marry, quoth Tom, I hope not, if you pleaſe to let me have a horſe, I will ride to Mr. Doctor's and fetch an antidote to expel the poiſon. Take my horſe, quoth one; take my horſe, ſaid another; or mine, ſaid a third. Well, well, ſaid Tom, I will take one. And into the ſtable he goes, and takes three horſes, and to the doctor's he rides, and told him, that all the people of ſuch a houſe had eaten ſomething that hindered them from going to ſtool; and prayed him that he would without delay, carry them ſome Glyſters; and that they had ſent a horſe for him, and another for his man. The doctor, greedy of money, haſted thither with his glytter-pipes as faſt as the horſes could carry him and his man; but the doctor no ſooner came into the houſe, but he ſmell'd there was no need of glyſters. In the mean time Tom told not only all he met with, that there were ſuch women met to be merry at ſuch a place; and not only they, but all the women of the houſe were poiſoned, but went likewiſe to their huſ-