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 ſhe went into her chamber to cry, and he went to Lombard ſtreet, to caufe the tankard to be ſeized if offered to ſale.

OGER ſeeing ſo much ingenuity, was inflamed with a deſire of ſhewing his parts too. What, ſays he, ſhall I come to London, and be in ſuch good company, and ſee and hear of ſo much wit, and have nothing to ſay of my own exploits when I get home? how will Joan and the whole pariſh ſtare at me if I can do ſuch things as theſe? Away he goes, and dreſſes himſelf like a porter, and coming in haſte to the merchant's lady, told her that her huſband was at the Swan, in Cornhill, with a goldſmith who had ſtopped a tankard of his, and had catched the rogue, and prayed her to come immediately to the Swan, and ſee the rogue before he ſhould be ſent to Newgate. Dear heart, ſays ſhe, what a happy woman am I! See him! I'll go ſee him there, I'll ſee him in Newgate, I'll ſee him at Tyburn, with a vengeance to him. But, ſays Roger, my maſter is very hungry, and would have you ſend him the couple of pheaſants, that the thief may ſee you and my maſter eat them before his eyes, and come alone with me. Roger receiving them, and the