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 THE MERRY TALES OF THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM. TALE I, THERE were two men of Gotham and one of them was going to Nottingham market to buy ſheep, and they both met together on Notting- ham bridge. Well met, ſaid on-to the other; whether are you going ſaid he that came from Nottingham. Marry, ſaid he that was going thither, I am going to the market to buy ſheep Buy ſheep, ſaid the other, which way will you bring them home! Marry, ſaid the other, I will bring them over this bridge. - By Robin Hood -ſaid he that came from Nottingham, but thou ſhalt not By my maid Margery, ſaid the o- ther, but I will. You ſhall not, ſaid the one; I will, ſaid the other then they beat their ſtives one againſt the other, and then againſt the ground, as if a hundred ſheep had been betwixt them. Hold there, ſaid the one, Beware of my ſheep leaping over the bride, ſaid the orher. I care not, ſaid the one They ſhall all come this way, ſaid the other.